The Rangers continued their worst start under Alain Vigneault last night, as they dropped their eighth game out of the last ten. With one more game remaining on the homestand, the team will have to salvage whatever they can against the Arizona Coyotes before moving on. Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: SJS 4, NYR 1 (4:32 video via NHL.com)
• Justin Tasch recaps last night’s defeat at the hands of the Sharks (Newsday)
• Sean Hartnett doesn’t think the time has come to push the panic button just yet (CBS)
• Larry Brooks speculates that New York’s continued struggles could lead them down a road they want to avoid (NY Post)
• Steve Zipay notes that Rick Nash played his 999th NHL game last night, and will play his 1000th on Thursday (Newsday)
• Karly Redpath lists five ways Alain Vigneault’s team can find success this season while falling short of a championship parade (Blue Line Station)
• Jennifer Moglia questions if the Blueshirts’ know what their own identity even is (Blue Line Station)
• Rob from BSB believes that New York started off an important week of the season on the wrong foot (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dave Shapiro recaps the Hartford Wolfpack’s 6-3 defeat against the Bridgeport Sound Tiger on Sunday (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Dominick Renna analyzes Tony DeAngelo’s latest Instagram post and speculates on DeAngelo’s cryptic message (Elite Sports NY)
• Noah Weiss reminisces on the Rick Nash trade (Full Tilt)
• Postgame Notes: The Rangers tallied twelve hits last night to increase their league leading total to 239 (Official Team Site)
• Media AVailability: Alain Vigneault,(2:54) Henrik Lundqvist,(3:06) Ryan McDonagh,(1:59) and Rick Nash (1:19) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Luke Fox highlights how last night’s incident with Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick created more questions than it answered regarding the league’s concussion protocol (Sportsnet)
• Bob McKenzie chatted with former Arizona Coyote Craig Cunningham about how he has transitioned away from playing hockey towards working for the Coyotes’ organization (TSN)
• Cathal Kelly dives into Sean Avery’s new book, Ice Capades: A Memoir of Fast Living and Tough Hockey (The Globe and Mail)
• Sam Robinson reports that Anaheim Ducks forward Patrick Eaves has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome (FanRag)
• Cam Tucker saw that the Montreal Canadiens have demoted forward Alex Galchenyuk to the 4th Line, with Claude Julien becoming the second coach in two years to handle Galchenyuk as such (NBC Sports)/