Here are today’s news and links:
Rangers News:
- Larry Brooks offers his take on the two year, $9 million the Rangers signed Ryan Strome to (NY Post)
- Steve Paulus highlights the strength of teams in the Atlantic Division, and why that means the Blueshirts will be hard pressed to make it to the playoffs (Blue Line Station)
- Chris Hanold Jr. noticed that Tony DeAngelo’s activity on Election Day may have resulted in DeAngelo being strongly encouraged to delete his Twitter account (Blue Line Station)
- Andrew Steele-Davis grades Strome’s extension (Puck Prose)
- Brian Abate believes that the 2020-21 campaign will be a critical one for Pavel Buchnevich (The Hockey Writers)
- Rick Carpineillo di$cu$$e$ what $trome’$ exten$ion mean$ a$ the Blue$hirt$ move forward (The Athletic)
Around the NHL:
- Travis Yost urges caution against the notion that teenagers who struggle in their first NHL season will eventually “figure it out” and reach their potential (TSN)
- Justin Bourne lists ten statistical oddities from the previous season (Sportsnet)
- The Columbus Blue Jackets agreed to a three year, $8.