Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Vincent Mercogliano answers questions concerning Vitali Kravtsov’s hot start, Tarmo Reunanen’s status, and more (LoHud)
• Mercogliano also did yet another mock draft to see who the Rangers could come away with after using their pair of first round picks (LoHud)
• Will Wright took things a few steps further than Mercogliano, sitting down for a seven round mock draft (Blue Line Station)
• Jake Mozarsky identifies free agent forward Mikael Granlund as a potential target for New York (Blue Line Station)
• Rick Carpineillo examine$ how the team can re$hape their defen$e corp$ heading into next $ea$on (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

• Tyler Mair recaps Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals, a one-sided affair that saw the Tampa Bay Lightning win 5-2 and take a 2-1 series lead over the Dallas Stars (Defending Big D)
• Elliotte Friedman relays word on why the leaked trade that would see the Pittsburgh Penguins swap forward Patric Hornqvist for Florida Panthers’ defenseman Michael Matheson is yet to be made official (Sportsnet)
• Ian Mendes discusses the legacy Craig Anderson will leave in Ottawa after the Senators announced that he won’t be re-signed this offseason (TSN)/