Rangers News:

Brett Cyrgalis relays word from Alain Vigneault about his time behind New York’s bench (NY Post)
Colin Stephenson sees that Henrik Lundqvist looks refreshed as he looks to spearhead his team’s return to the playoffs (Newsday)
Vincent Mercogliano offers his thoughts on the Rangers as they are one week away from the season opener (LoHud)
Steve Paulus previews the Los Angeles Kings and how they can affect the Blueshirts this season (Blue Line Station)
Frank Curto notes that in spite of a solid pre-season performance, Vitali Kravtsov’s spot on the opening night roster is anything but assured (Elite Sports NY)
Jeb Biggart believes that Pavel Buchnevich is primed for a breakout season (The Hockey Writers)
Rick Carpineillo goe$ in depth on Joe Morrow’$ everyday battle to carve out a ro$ter $pot on Broadway (The Athletic)

Around the NHL:

Travis Yost breaks down how the contracts handed out to restricted free agent wingers this offseason doesn’t bode well for Patrik Laine (TSN)
Andrew Berkshire examines who the league’s most effective break out skaters are (Sportsnet)
James O’Brien ponders whether or not Montreal Canadiens’ forward Jonathan Drouin could be a logical player for other teams to target in a deal (NBC Sports)
Matt Larkin lists the top 10 Hart trophy candidates for the 2019-20 campaign (The Hockey News)