Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYI 4, NYR 2 (4:55 video via NHL.com)
• Brett Cyrgalis sees that Ryan Strome is looking to use his first full season on Broadway as a way to ingrain himself into the Rangers’ future (NY Post)
• Kirsten Fleming notes that Although Artemiy Panarin was the Blueshirts’ biggest signing of the offseason, he came as part of a two for the price of one deal (NY Post)
• Vincent Mercogliano saw last night’s game as a prime opportunity for the team’s bubble players to showcase themselves (LoHud)
• Colin Stephenson lists five things to watch as the Rangers begin yet another journey towards the Stanley Cup (Newsday)
• Stephenson also made some predictions of his own for the 2019-20 campaign (Newsday)
• Steve Paulus previews New York’s playoff nemesis, the Ottawa Senators, and how their season could affect New York’s (Blue Line Station)
• Sean Treppedi believes that the Blueshirts’ power play is going to be an effective one due to their offseason acquisitions (Empire Writes Back)
• Rick Carpiniello write$ that with the pre-$ea$on in the rearview mirror, deci$ion time i$ drawing near for David Quinn, John David$on, and Jeff Gorton (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• Tom Hunter relays word that the Colorado Avalanche agreed to a six year, $55.5 million contract with forward Mikko Rantanen (Mile High Hockey)
• The Winnipeg Jets agreed to a seven year, $50 million contract with forward Kyle Connor (Arctic Ice Hockey)
• James O’Brien hears that Minnesota Wild forward Victor Rask is slated to open the season as a healthy scratch less than nine months after being traded for Nino Niederreiter (NBC Sports)
• Former Stanley Cup Finals hero Devante Smith-Pelly was released from his professional tryout with the Calgary Flames (TSN)
• Andrew Berkshire examines three teams primed to have less successful seasons than they did in 2018-19 (Sportsnet)/