Let’s get one thing clear. No one who bleeds blue could ever be a fan of Claude Lemieux. But fate is fickle as they say. Now the son of the once despised New Jersey Devil has a chance to erase the sins of the father and become a New York Rangers fan favorite.
Brendan Lemieux came to the Rangers in a deadline deal that sent Kevin Hayes to the Winnipeg Jets. But he was not the only piece of that deal. The real haul for the Rangers was the Jets number one pick in the 2019 draft and a conditional fourth round pick in 2022.