Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Game Recap: A six goal deficit proved too much for the Rangers to surmount, as a 6-0 game turned into a 6-5 dogfight before the game ended (NY Daily News)
- Brett Cyrgalis hears how Henrik Lundqvist has adjusted to sharing starting netminding duties with Alexandar Georgiev (NY Post)
- Cyrgalis also saw that David Quinn had some choice words for the officiating in last night’s contest (NY Post)
- Colin Stephesnon chatted with Kaapo Kakko about the ongoing World Junior Championships and his former teammates representing Finland (Newsday)
- Stephenson also noted that Marc Staal was the Rangers’ leader in games played for the previous decade (Newsday)
- Sean Hartnett relays word of the Blueshirts’ prospectsat the World Junior Championships (WFAN)
- Tom Albano reminisces on the top five Rangers’ moments of the 2010’s (The Hockey Writers)
- John Disciglio examines how the team might be able to escape their impending salary cap constraints (Blue Line Station)
- Sean Treppedi breaks down why Jesper Fast is New York’s most underrated player of the decade (Empire Writes Back)
Around the NHL:
- The Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators are set to clash at the Cotton Bowl in the 2020 Winter Classic later today (NBC Sports)
- Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jake Guentzel is set to miss the next 4-6 months following shoulder surgery (Pensburgh)
- The Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenseman Justin Holl to a three year, $6 million contract extension (TSN)