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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker relays word that Pittsburgh Penguins' head coach Mike Sullivan has ruled himself out as a potential candidate to succeed Gerard Gallant as New York's next bench boss (NY Post) Walker also examined Seattle Kraken assistant
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Larry Brooks writes that although it would be far from the flashiest hire, bringing on Peter Laviolette as the Blueshirts' next head coach could be the most sensible choice (NY Post) Vincent Mercogliano ponders the possibility of Kris Knoblauch
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker makes the case for Kaapo Kakko to be a bigger part of the team under the next head coach (NY Post) Vincent Mercogliano discusses some of the Blueshirts' top prospects currently plying their trade in AHL Hartford
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Larry Brooks muses about the long shot scenario that could land Mike Sullivan back behind the bench on Broadway, the lottery process that resulted in Chicago earning the top overall draft pick next month, and more (NY Post) Tommy Bennett
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Ethan Sears chatted with former members of the Islanders' organization who were with the team during Peter Laviolette's time as an Islander about his possible fit as the next head coach of the Blueshirts (NY Post) Matt
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker examines some potential head coaching candidates that Chris Drury has had dealings with throughout his time in hockey as a player and front office employee (NY Post) Brian Abate highlights Artemiy Panarin as just another in a long
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Vincent Mercogliano previews the salary cap gymnastics the Blueshirts will need to perform en route to being cap compliant ahead of the 2023-24 campaign (LoHud) Nick Faria examines each pending free agent the Rangers have on their books and decides
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Mollie Walker discusses the decision to fire Mike Kelly and Jim Midgely from their positions as assistant coaches in the wake of Gerard Gallant's exit from New York (NY Post) Larry Brooks highlights Sheldon Keefe, the current head
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Here are today's news and links: Mollie Walker discusses how the pressure of the next Rangers head coach to walk through the door and succeed immediately will lead to a different process than the one that resulted in the previous hires of David Quinn and Gerard Gallant (NY
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Here are today's news and links: Rangers News: Ethan Sears makes the case for why the Blueshirts should opt to promote from within and tab Kris Knoblauch as the franchise's next head coach (NY Post) Colin Stephenson points to Peter Laviolette and Darryl Sutter as two
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Here are today's news and links: Larry Brooks speculates that the Blueshirts could opt to promote Kris Knoblauch from AHL Hartford as their replacement for Gerard Gallant (NY Post) Brooks also reports that Joel Quenneville allegedly will not be on the list of candidates to succeed Gallant behind
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Here are today's news and links: Colin Stephenson highlights the impending salary cap crunch and whether or not to retain Gerard Gallant as the top priorities for Chris Drury to tackle as the offseason gets underway (Newsday) Vincent Mercogliano heard from Aretemiy Panarin about his frustrations with not