The Rangers are back in action tonight as Filip Chytil and Kevin Shattenkirk are set to make their debuts when they take on the New Jersey Devils in another intense pre-season contest. Here are today's news and links:
Rangers News:
- Brett Cyrgalis hears from Ondrej Pavelec about his expectations of succeeding Antti Raanta heading into the season (NY Post)
- Sean Hartnett dives into the battle that has emerged for spots on Alain Vigneault's 3rd defense pairing (CBS)
- Steve Zipay reports that Filip Chytil will skate in his first game for the Rangers later tonight, centering a line between Adam Tambellini and Jimmy Vesey (Newsday)
- Dave Shapiro passed along the rest of the team's lineup for tonight's game (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Josh Khalfin gives an in-depth breakdown of the Blueshirts' top ten prospects (Blue Seat Blogs)
- Brandon Cohen examines the idea of rolling with a lineup of eleven forwards and seven defenseman (Blue Line Station)
- Karly Redpath previews how Mika Zibanejad will fare in his first season as New York's top center (Blue Line Station)
- Shayna Goldman takes a look at the Rangers sub-par center situation as they inch closer to the regular season (FanRag)
- Anthony Scultore calls out the New York Post for including Tony DeAngelo's off-ice opinions in a piece discussing is on-ice past (Full Tilt)
- Frank Curto thinks that J.