Rick Nash set up shop here, and over the last four years so have a bundle of big-time pros including Ryan McDonagh, Derek Stepan, Dan Girardi, Marc Staal, Mats Zuccarello and Henrik Lundqvist.
And for each one of these seasons beginning with 2015-2016, Jesper Fast has been selected as the Players’ Player by a vote of his peers. Which is something even if you were unaware franchise royalty Jean Ratelle (1968-69 through 1979-71) and Brian Leetch (2000-01 through 2003-04) are the only two other athletes to have won the award four consecutive times since its inception in 1958-59.