Never forget, Rick Nash chose the Bruins when it was time for his final Cup run
One of the top power forwards of his generation, all Rick Nash ever dreamed of was lifting the Stanley Cup.
Nash played nine seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets and close to six more with the New York Rangers, failing to win a league title in all of them.
When the Rangers announced that they were willing to part ways with the veteran winger prior to the 2018 NHL trade deadline, Nash submitted a list of 18 teams where he could block a trade according to the terms of his contract.
What followed was a transaction that sent Nash to the Bruins for forwards Ryan Spooner and Matt Beleskey, defenseman Ryan Lindgren, as well as Boston's first- and seventh-round picks in 2018.
At 33 years old, Nash was a few years removed from the campaigns that made him Columbus' greatest player of all-time, but he was still a quality veteran with a strong net-front presence.
The Bruins would end up losing to Tampa Bay in the second round of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Nash played in 23 games for the B's that year, 12 of them coming in the playoffs, and tallied 11 total points (six goals, five assists). He scored two game-winning goals in the post-season.
He would never play in another NHL game, retiring from hockey the following season after citing concussion-related symptoms as the main reason.
