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Rick Nash known more for his finesse style of play, is now a member of the New York Rangers!
The New York Rangers were in pursuit
of Nash for over 5 months and finally acquired him in a block buster trade with
the Columbus Blue Jackets Monday afternoon.
The Rangers agreed to give up Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov, Tim
Erixon and their first-round draft pick next year to Columbus for just Nash,
who owns very meaningful statistical record in Blue Jackets history. “It is very exciting. It’ll be fun to come to
training camp and see what [line] combinations [head coach John Tortorella]
goes with,” Nash said during the half-hour long scrum at his stall. “I looked
at the roster. It’s amazing. You can fit anyone in at any spot and it’d be fun
to play with them.”
With Gaborik slated to miss the
first month of the season as he recuperates from surgery to repair a torn
labrum in his shoulder, it seems that Nash will be centered by veteran Brad
Richards. Nash has played both left andright wing in his career so he should be flexible. “I think it is a big, fast team with some of
the wingers — guys like [Mike] Rupp and [Brian] Boyle — they can kind of do it
all, play fast, and I think I fit into that,” Nash said. “This is a world class
team and [Richards] is a top centerman on any team in the league. It’s
exciting.”
Nash confirmed that when he
spoke with Howson last February before the trade deadline, he was told that
they were looking to rebuild the franchise.
Nash has spent his entire NHL career on the Blue Jackets and offered
that Howson use him to acquire assets.
Howson was unable to procure the kind of return for Nash at the deadline
that the executive was demanding. “I was
disappointed,” Nash said about not being moved at the deadline before growing
philosophical about the business of hockey. “You look at huge deals and
sometimes they get done in a day and sometimes it takes months. I think it was
a pretty big trade for both organizations and it had to get done right. I
respect that.” “I always wanted to get
it done but I wanted to get it done in the right way,” Nash said about the
trade talks continuing into the off-season. “I wanted to play somewhere where I
wanted to be and my No. 1 priority was to be here. I’m just happy it worked out
and if I had to wait all summer to come here, then I would have.”
With the exception of Parise and
Suter, going to Minnesota, this is one of the biggest and most talked about
trades of the off season. Nash has been
one of the league’s best players for quite some time! It is exciting to see if
he will fit in with the rest of the New York Rangers Players!
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