Reuters: Sports News: Rangers land Nash in trade with Blue Jackets

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Rangers land Nash in trade with Blue Jackets Jul 23rd 2012, 21:07 Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:07pm EDT (Reuters) - The New York Rangers acquired high-scoring Columbus Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash as part of a seven-player trade, the National Hockey League (NHL) teams said on Monday. The 28-year-old face of the Columbus franchise was sent to New York along with minor league defenseman Steven Delisle and a conditional third round draft pick in 2013 for forwards Artem Anisimov and Brandon Dubinsky, defensive prospect Tim Erixon and a first round draft pick in 2013. Nash, the first-overall draft pick by Columbus in 2002, has scored at least 30 goals in seven of his nine NHL seasons and will be expected to spark a Rangers offense that had difficulty scoring in the 2012 NHL playoffs. The transaction follows five months after the Rangers failed to pull the trigger on a deal for Nash at the NHL trade deadline because the demands from Columbus were considered too high. Nash, who shared the league-lead in goals when he scored a career-high 41 during the 2003-04 season, is a five-time NHL All-Star who has twice represented Canada at the Olympics and won a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Games. He was widely expected to be dealt during the NHL's current offseason since the Blue Jackets had said in February that Nash had requested a trade. Nash, who holds the Blue Jackets' franchise records for goals, assists and games played, had 30 goals and 29 assists last season on a Columbus team that finished last in the NHL. The Rangers finished the 2011-12 regular season with the best record in the Eastern Conference but could average just 2.15 goals during the playoffs and lost in the third round. Anisimov, a second-round pick by New York in 2006, had 36 points in 79 games last season while Dubinsky, a second-round pick by New York in 2004, had 34 points in 77 games. (Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Pritha Sarkar) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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