All of Rangerstown will wake up breathing a major sigh of relief this morning after last night’s game against Arizona. Alain Vigneault’s decision to call up Cristoval Nieves turned out to be an excellent one, as Nieves recorded three assists in his season debut. Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Steve Zipay notes that Alain Vigneault’s brilliant line juggling was the key catalyst to last night’s dominant performance (Newsday)
• Brett Cyrgalis speculated that Cristoval Nieves’ recall would give New York the ability to roll four consistent lines (NY Post)
• Brandon Cohen thinks that the Blueshirts’ acceptance of mediocrity will doom Henrik Lundqvist to a depressing end to his career (Blue Line Station)
• Becky from BSB compares Alain Vigneault’s decisions with some of John Tortorella’s most notorious player usage moments (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Matthew Golda discusses how Rick Nash has been under pressure as he plays out the final year of his contract (The Hockey Writers)
• Trey Terry reminisces on the one trade deadline since 2014 that the franchise didn’t massively screw up (The Hockey Writers)
• Frank Curto looks back on Derek Stepan’s best moments as a New York Ranger (Elite Sports NY)
• Drew Way offers his take on the Pavel Buchnevich vs Jimmy Vesey debate (Blueshirts Breakaway)
• Postgame Notes: New York won its eighth consecutive game against the Coyotes (Official Team Site)

Around the NHL:

• Kyle Cantlon passes along word that Montreal Canadiens’ forward Alex Galchenyuk’s agent ripped head coach Claude Julien over his client’s usage (Puck Daddy)
• Jared Clinton checks on a number of rookies on the verge of playing their 10th games and initiating their entry level contracts (The Hockey News)
• Frank Seravalli reports that Wojtek Wolski, Simon Despres, and Ben Scrivens top the list of players Canada is bringing to the Karjala Cup in November (TSN)