Rangers News:

Mollie Walker notes that only four games into his professional career, K’Andre Miller is already emerging as a core piece of New York’s blue line (NY Post)
Walker also details the lesson Alexis Lafreniere learned from sharing the same ice with his childhood idol, Sidney Crosby (NY Post)
Colin Stephenson argues that sometimes, the best trades franchises make are the ones they don’t make at all (Newsday)
Vincent Mercogliano wondered of the Blueshirts would make sense as a landing spot for Pierre-Luc Dubois prior to yesterday’s trade announcement (LoHud)

Around the NHL:

The Columbus Blue Jackets ended the Dubois saga yesterday, shipping him and a 3rd round selection in the 2022 Entry Draft to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for forwards Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic (Jackets Cannon)
With a blockbuster of this magnitude, both fanbases have had strong reactions to the deal (Arctic Ice Hockey)
Frank Seravalli highlights how with both teams taking major risks in the deal, neither team hopes to watch it blow up in their face (TSN)
A pre-draft tournament featuring top prospects and pushing the draft back have been a pair of ides recently floated by team executives (Sportsnet)