The Rangers will see a familiar face when Brandon Dubinsky makes his MSG return with the Blue Jackets.
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When interviewed by Columbus media about his first game against the Blue Jackets, Rick Nash emphasized how much they’ve struggled defensively. To paraphrase, he said “We’ve been giving up too many chances defensively.” It’ll be interesting to see how he performs versus his former team. He definitely felt the way things were handled with his exit could’ve been better. But that’s old hat. One of the players he was traded for Brandon Dubinsky discussed his excitement about returning to MSG for the first time since.

“I’m going to go in there fired up,” Dubinsky said, “trying to show (Rangers) management that they made the wrong decision trading me, and let them know — try to make them feel — like they wish they still had me on their team. I think a lot of us feel that way. I talked to [Marian Gaborik]. He’s bummed, for sure, that he doesn’t have the opportunity.”

Artem Anisimov’s wife is expecting their first child. He will always be remembered for this exciting goal celebration that caused a stir and reaction on HBO’s 24/7. I miss that. The looks on his teammates when they entered the locker room including now retired Sean Avery. Of course, John Tortorella coached them. It was a fun time to root for this team. Who knows what might’ve been? All we can do is move forward and hope the current group gets it.