Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Game Recap: A revenge game for the ages for Tony DeAngelo wasn’t enough for the Blueshirts as they watched their losing streak extend to five games (CBS)
- Larry Brooks hears that David Quinn thinks his penalty killing units have looked regressed back to their form from last season (NY Post)
- Colin Stephenson relays word that Kaapo Kakko is unhappy with the Blueshirts’ shoddy play to open the year, as well as his coach’s sub-optimal deployment of him (Newsday)
- Frank Curto writes that in spite of offseason moves made to accelerate the path towards contention, the rebuild is still in full swing (Elite Sports NY)
- Tom Castro believes that the realities of the Rangers’ rebuild have really begun settling in (The Hockey Writers)
- Jeb Biggart argues that the issues with Lias Andersson’s early season play go beyond his primary linemates (The Hockey Writers)
- $hayna Goldman po$ed $ix que$tion$ about the Blue$hirt$ prior to la$t night’$ lo$$ (The Athletic)
Around the NHL:
- Adam Gretz details how Alain Vigneault’s Philadelphia Flyers have been one of the league’s biggest enigmas to open the season (NBC Sports)
- San Jose Sharks forward may have wanted to end up back in San Jose after a two year sojourn to Toronto, but his thoughts on the Male Leafs organization made the departure an amicable one for both sides (Sportsnet)
- Jared Clinton sees that in spite of a mass exodus of talent over the summer, the Columbus Blue Jackets have managed to stay afloat through the early part of the 2019-20 campaign (The Hockey News)
- Hockey Hall of Famer and head coach of OHL Barrie Dale Hawerchuk has been diagnosed with stomach cancer (NHL.