After shuffling up the team’s lines and defensive pairings, Alain Vigneault will look to get his team back on track tonight in Columbus. Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Brett Cyrgalis details how the organization’s dream pairing of Ryan McDonagh and Kevin Shattenkirk turned out to be a failure (NY Post)
• Justin Tasch heard that Brendan Smith will look to put his mysterious benching behind him and move on (NY Daily News)
• Steve Zipay notes that Vigneault is hard at work while trying to find a winning combination of eighteen skaters (Newsday)
• Becky from BSB examines why you should or shouldn’t be pressing the panic button (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dave Shapiro highlights the need for someone other than Mika Zibanejad to step up and supply the Rangers with offense (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Josh Lipman ponders what might happen when Zibanejad’s scoring eventually slows down (Blue Line Station)
• Justin Starr names five players that Jeff Gorton should look into acquiring (Blue Line Station)
• Nicholas Zararis examines the situations where the Rangers should look to dump Rick Nash (Blue Line Station)
• Dominick Zenna thinks Mika Zibanejad has been the Blueshirts’ only bright spot through the first week (Elite Sports NY)
• Greg Kaplan believes that Alain Vigneault’s lineup decisions are now Jeff Gorton’s problem (Blueshirts Breakaway)
• Anthony Scultore relays word from anonymous sources that trouble is brewing in the team’s locker room (Full Tilt)
• Media Availability: Kevin Shattenkirk,(2:05) Alain Vigneault,(6:54) Ryan McDonagh,(2:43) and Mika Zibanejad (2:34)/

Around the NHL:

• Mark Spector points out seven stats in small samples that might raise eyebrows (Sportsnet)
• Travis Yost breaks down why the Vegas Golden Knights could be more than an early season feel good story (TSN)
• Ryan Kennedy discusses how the league’s rule changes have allowed for smaller defenseman to showcase themselves unlike ever before (The Hockey News)
• Justin Cuthbert sat down with New Jersey Devils goaltender Keith Kinkaid to address his emoji problem (5:12 video via Puck Daddy)/