Rangers News:

Larry Brooks discusses the team’s goals for the upcoming season (NY Post)
Brooks also examines the ways the Rangers can make use of the taxi squad implemented for this season (NY Post)
Vincent Mercogliano offered his takeaways from John Davidson and Jeff Gorton’s respective media availability sessions (LoHud)
Sean Hartnett sees Ryan Callahan’s retirement as a spotlight on New York’s current lack of a captain (WFAN)
Scott Blair believes that Chris Kreider should become the 28th captain in franchise history (The Hockey Writers)
Rick Carpiniello write$ that the Blue$hirt$ youth movement will be front and center (The Athletic)
Media Availability: Jeff Gorton and John Davidson (9:59 and 9:34 videos via Official Team Site)

Around the NHL:

Elliotte Friedman relays word that four teams will be participating in a pair of outdoor games at Lake Tahoe during February (Sportsnet)
Adam Gretz reports that the Columbus Blue Jackets signed forward Pierre-Luc Dubois to a two year, $10 million contract (NBC Sports)
Veteran forward Trevor Lewis will attend training camp with the Winnipeg Jets on a professional try out agreement (TSN)