Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks offers his musings about the Rangers’ playoff exit, the whacky draft lottery looming, and more (NY Post)
• Colin Stephenson discusses tonight’s draft lottery and how it could impact New York (Newsday)
• Jim Bay examines the possibility of starting the 2020-21 campaign will the same three goalies that currently reside on the roster (Empire Sports Media)
• Steve Paulus lays out all of the possible scenarios for tonight’s draft lottery (Blue Line Station)
• Paulus also listed seven things that went wrong for the Blueshirts in their return to play (Blue Line Station)
• Relive some of the best moments from the Rangers season (3:00 video via Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Sean Leahy recaps the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Game 5 victory to send the Toronto Maple Leafs to the golf course for the summer (NBC Sports)
• The league has released the schedule for the official first round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs (Sportsnet)
• Ryan Kennedy ponders if the Maple Leafs are “too cute” to be a serious playoff threat in years to come (The Hockey News)/