Here are today’s new and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks believes that New York’s opening roster was composed as expected, with the exception of one player (NY Post)
• Brooks also explained why it’s too early to consider former 7th overall selection Lias Anderssson a draft bust (NY Post)
• Lastly, Brooks sat down with Vinni Lettieri, who doesn’t want you to forget about him and his long-term NHL goal beyind making the roster (NY Post)
• Jeff Gorton spoke to reporters yesterday and addressed the opening night roster, some of the most notable cuts, and more (SNY)
• Frank Curto discusses how Mika Zibanejad and Mats Zuccarello can be the foundation of New York’s leadership group (Elite Sports NY)
• Prior to yesterday’s roster cuts, Dave Shapiro made the argument in favor of carrying eight defenseman on the NHL roster (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Shapiro also relayed word on what are slated to be the opening night line combinations (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Nicholas Zararis address New York’s dilemma of being in the mushy middle for the 2018-19 campaign (Blue Line Station)
• Zararis also previews what Marc Staal can bring to the table in his 12th season on Broadway (Blue Line Station)
• Media Availability: David Quinn,(8:15) Brett Howden,(1:31) and Jeff Gorton (9:52) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Adam Gretz examines which teams that qualified for the playoffs in April are likely to miss out in the following April (NBC Sports)
• Sonny Sachdeva analyzes which of the summer’s blockbuster additions will help their new team the most (Sportsnet)
• Frank Seravalli highlights ten players under the most pressure this season (TSN)
• Greg Wyshynski heard from Erik Karlsson and general manager Doug Wilson on how the Sharks were able to land the generational defender (ESPN)/