Rich Nash is heading to the BIG APPLE

Columbus Blue Jackets have finally traded Rick Nash and he is heading to the Big Apple to join Brad Richards, MARIAN GABORIK, RYAN CALLAHAN, DEREK STEPAN, MICHAEL DEL ZOTTO, and MARC STAAL. This means that the Rangers will be a powerhouse team to go head-to-head with the Philadelphia Flyers especially if Shea Weber ends up in Philadelphia. The Rangers did not give the Blue Jackets their best young players but did give them quantity as they gave up Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, and Tim Erixon along with a first round pick. Artem Anisimov ,24, has been a very healthy center playing 243 of the Rangers 246 regular season games over the last three seaons and has 46 goals, 62 assists, and 108 points and will need to put up better in heavier minutes. Brandon Dubinsky,26, has played more than 70 games in 4 of his 5 seasons with 81 goals and 132 assists for 213 points in 393 games with the Rangers and will get more minutes and will need to put up more points and Tim Erixon,21,is a young defenceman who has a lot of upside. In the end Rick Nash is a huge steal at this price for a pretty solid 30 goal scorer with 7 of 9 30 goal scorer with his low of being 27 goals for two season and the best was two 40 goal seasons with a 41 goal season in 2003-04 and 40 goals in in 2008-09. It will be very interesting to see when Nash has his down games will the city and will John Tortorella get a little annoyed at him and will it effect his effort and will bring the boos Tom Mehegan