(Rick) Nash sticks out like a sore thumb because of the repeated playoff failure — and because of his $7.8 million contract, and mostly because the Rangers broke up a 51-win, 109-point, Eastern Conference finalist core to get him.

He isn't that player anymore. He plays on the perimeter now, understandably after suffering his second concussion in a year. But he also showed what a force he can be when motivated — in his return to Columbus, before and after the Olympics, and in Game 7 last week.

-Rick Carpiniello of USA TODAY where you can read more on Nash and the New York Rangers.