Rangers News:

Game Recap In Pictures: Goals from two of the Rangers offseason additions weren’t enough to defend home ice against the Devils (Newsday)
Colin Stephenson suggests sending Brendan Smith to AHL Hartford in order to clear enough cap space to bring Tony DeAngelo back into the fold (Newsday)
Brett Cyrgalis thinks that the Blueshirts’ offseason additions have made their power play look much different than before (NY Post)
Vincent Mercogliano examines the battle to fill out the bottom of New York’s forward group (LoHud)
Mercogliano also relays word that Artemi Panarin was held out of the ending of last night’s game due to a mild groin strain (LoHud)
Dave Shapiro ponders if Chris Kreider or Mika Zibanejad should be named the 28th captain in franchise history (Blue Seat Blogs)
Frank Curto attempts to draw parallels between how the Rangers will handle Henrik Lundqvist’s succession plan and watching career .