The New York Rangers lost to the Philadelphia Flyers 8-5 on Wednesday night. It is another brutal defeat in an embarrassing season on Broadway. Trades sent Jacob Trouba and Ryan Lindgren out while bringing JT Miller and Carson Soucy in.

Rosen and Davidson were the voices of the Rangers. They did one final game before Rosen retires at the end of his 40th season.

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The 31-year-old Brodzinski, a career journeyman before settling into an NHL role the past two years in New York, earned a nod Wednesday morning as the Rangers’ nominee for the Masterton Trophy, which is given to the player who “who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey.”

Both the Rangers and Red Wings receive fine grades for this Chris Kreider trade proposal. Detroit receives a needed goal scorer who can help on the power play. He can also affect the game physically, which is another thing they lack. They can absorb his contract without worrying about needing to shuffle the deck to sign their young stars.

The New York Rangers embarked on a rebuild in 2018, announcing to their fans their intentions in a formal release. By doing so, the Rangers exercised a great deal of transparency and, in turn, bought a lot of goodwill with their fans and presumably gave themselves a ton of runway to rebuild their team correctly.