TBOFS- New York Rangers

Another tough list to prepare. guys like Walt Tkaczuk, Ron Greschner, Vic Hadfield, Jaromir Jagr, Dave Kerr, Chuck Rayner, Brad Park and Buddy O'Connor were left out.

I picked Rod Gilbert in the end. Rags' all time point leader, and a winger on the GAG line make him a tough choice to go against. Leech was considered too though.

for me growing up, Brian Leetch was on the rangers every season for so long, I had to go with him...

now that I think about it, Brad Park should have been on. then again, who do you take off... I hate Original 6 teams, too many good players

Messier for me. The way he captained that team is the NHL benchmark IMO.

For me, there is no question. Messier. New York has not had a leader like him, likely never will

Messier seemed like the easy choice at first. He led the team to a Cup for the first time in over 50 years for crying out loud! That is huge in terms of impact however, I looked for longterm impact and had to go with Richter. Lets not forget he was the guy stopping the pucks in those playoff games. Messier gets a lot of props for his leadership but he wasn't able to do anything with that team after that Cup win.