Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Brett Cyrgalis speculates that Ottawa Senators defenseman could be available under the right circumstances (NY Post)
• Larry Brooks stresses the importance of New York finding its identity and sticking to it (NY Post)
• Anthony Rieber hears from J.T. Miller about how the Blueshirts deserved a better outcome on Wednesday night (Newsday)
• Sean Hartnett believes that the Rangers picked a bad time to hit a rough patch of play (CBS)
• Rob from BSB goes in-depth on Ryan McDonagh’s mysterious season (Blue Seat Blogs)
• Peter Reichert examines Paul Carey’s time as a New York Ranger (Blue Line Station)
• John Cavanagh questions whether Marc Staal has had a bounce back season (Blue Line Station)
• Peter Schwartz pens an open letter the sports pope, whose 30 year run as the voice of New York sports comes to an end today (Elite Sports NY)
• Jeff Seide reminisces on the career of Mark Messier (The Hockey Writers)
• Alex Prewitt chatted with Pavel Buchnevich about his transition from Russia, is growing comfort level in North America, and more (Sports Illustrated)/

Around the NHL:

• Adam Gretz uses recently waived forward Matt Beleskey to highlight the dangers of the free agent frenzy (NBC Sports)
• As his team struggles the middle of their season, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager hasn’t ruled out making major changes (Sportsnet)
• Rick Westhead reports that the NHL Alumni Association is set to meet with the league to improve benefits for retired players (TSN)
• Former Ottawa Senators enforcer and 2017 Second Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player Chris Neil announced his retirement yesterday. Players and fans around the league were blindsided by the news (Silver Seven Sens)/