Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Highlights: NYR 4, ANA 1 (3:54 video via NHL.com)
• Justin Tasch recaps the action from last night’s victory over the Ducks at Madison Square Garden (NY Daily News)
• Michael $alfino highlight$ how Michael Grabner i$ one of the league’$ contender’$ for the unofficial Cy Young Award (Wall $treet Journal)
• Brett Cyrgalis notes that Alain Vigneault’s brilliant coaching adjustment of benching Cristoval Nieves rather than any other player was the key to last night’s victory (NY Post)
• William Schniderhan examines how the 17-18 season has gone for prospects Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil since losing out on roster spots back in October (Blue Line Station)
• David Bruce breaks down why the Rangers would be wise to trade Michael Grabner (Blue Line Station)
• Frank Curto points out that turnovers have been New York’s achilles heel as of late (Elite Sports NY)
• The BSB staff give their thoughts on last week’s action (Blueshirts Breakaway)
• Media Availability: Paul Carey (1:38) and Mika Zibanejad (1:51) (Official Team Site)/

Around the NHL:

• Dan Saraneci relays word that the New York Islanders have won their bid to build a new arena in Belmont Park, and that the organization will be staying on Long Island for the foreseeable future (Lighthouse Hockey)
• Scott Billeck reports that the Pittsburgh Penguins made a couple of trades yesterday, as they swapped a 2019 4th round pick for Dallas Stars 6’7” defenseman Jamie Oleksiak, as well as sending Josh Archibald, Sean McGuire, and a 2019 6th round pick to the Arizona Coyotes for Michael Leighton and a 2019 4th round pick (NBC Sports)
• Sean McIndoe ranks the NHL’s first 100 seasons (Sportsnet)
• Jared Clinton has 100 statistics for the league’s 100 seasons (The Hockey News)/