Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Larry Brooks names the Blueshirts players who have or pan on returning to their offseason homes for the length of the season suspension (NY Post)
• Vincent Mercogliano hands out NHL awards if the season were to not resume (LoHud)
• Frank Curto relays word that MSG Networks will be airing old Rangers games to fill airtime for the time being (Elite Sports NY)/

Around the NHL:

• Brandon Maki reports that an unnamed Ottawa Senators player has become the first NHLer to test positive for the coronavirus (Silver Seven Sens)
• James O’Brien reminisces on some of the more obscure short term NHL tenures of all-time greats in the wake of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers signing of QB Tom Brady (NBC Sports)
• Andrew Berkshire examines the best pure shooters in the league (Sportsnet)
• Frank Seravalli hears that the possibility of a return to regular season play in late July, followed by playoffs in August, has been floated as a possible idea (TSN)/