“The relationship that the team had with the fans through the period I was there was incredible. Being a Ranger met every expectation that I had of playing for an Original Six team, playing in New York City, and living in New York City. It was such an incredibly rich experience on so many levels.
“I felt that if it was going to be my last game, I wanted it to be on Madison Square Garden ice because of what the fans meant to me personally and to the team through those years. I just wanted to share it with the fans for one last game.”
lol what a dumb headline, it hasn’t even been close to 19 years.
Right?
NYGRY94
Had me thinking he died lmao
Mysterious_Eggplant3
Think of all the amazing players we’ve had since: zibby, hank, fox, jagr, kreider, cally, gaborik, McD, Nash. None of them actually delivered on the biggest stage. Mess did. Through leadership but also through putting the team on his back for game 6 against the Devils. For one precious moment in my lifetime a team that played at MSG had a Jordan-esque player – one that could simply will his team to win. That was Messier in 94.
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“The relationship that the team had with the fans through the period I was there was incredible. Being a Ranger met every expectation that I had of playing for an Original Six team, playing in New York City, and living in New York City. It was such an incredibly rich experience on so many levels.
“I felt that if it was going to be my last game, I wanted it to be on Madison Square Garden ice because of what the fans meant to me personally and to the team through those years. I just wanted to share it with the fans for one last game.”
[His final goal](https://twitter.com/RangersMSGN/status/1641896687424753682)
[One last faceoff](https://twitter.com/RangersMSGN/status/1641897090065354755)
[Saying goodbye to the fans](https://twitter.com/RangersMSGN/status/1641897480970293260)
lol what a dumb headline, it hasn’t even been close to 19 years.
Right?
Had me thinking he died lmao
Think of all the amazing players we’ve had since: zibby, hank, fox, jagr, kreider, cally, gaborik, McD, Nash. None of them actually delivered on the biggest stage. Mess did. Through leadership but also through putting the team on his back for game 6 against the Devils. For one precious moment in my lifetime a team that played at MSG had a Jordan-esque player – one that could simply will his team to win. That was Messier in 94.