Rangers News:

Game Recap: A solid half period of hockey wasn’t enough for the Blueshirts, as they spent the final two and a half periods getting laughed out of their own building by the Senators (CBS)
Larry Brooks writes that if they continue to lean on their youth, the Rangers can continue making steady defensive improvements (NY Post)
Brett Cyrgalis details how Adam Fox has seamlessly transitioned from Harvard to Broadway (NY Post)
Colin Stephenson expands upon how dreadful New York looked in the Vladislav Namestnikov Revenge Game (Newsday)
Steve Paulus discusses the Brendan Smith experiment, as well as some other instances of the team experimenting with super utility players (Blue Line Station)
Andrew Steele-Davis examines the pros and cons of making a move for Edmonton Oilers prospect Jesse Puljujarvi (Blue Line Station)
Dominick Renna doesn’t think that David Quinn’s squad has tuned him out quite yet (Elite Sports NY)
Tom Castro points to the Marc Staal and Brady Skjei contracts as major roadblocks to a successful execution of the rebuild (The Hockey Writers)

Around the NHL:

Adam Gretz examines how the Edmonton Oilers and Arizona Coyotes have followed different paths in their rise back to competitiveness (NBC Sports)
Sonny Sachdeva takes a look at why the slapshot is on its way to extinction in hockey (Sportsnet)
Elias Pettersson,(C, VAN) Jakub Vrana,(RW, WSH) and Mike Smith (G, EDM) have been named the league’s three stars of the week (TSN)
Ryan Kennedy ponders if the NHL is nearing a place where the league’s first openly gay player would be welcomed and accepted (The Hockey News)