Legendary Players From the New York Rangers

The New York Rangers have had a lot of great players. Since most of them were going for the same goal, there are some who became some of the world's most legendary players for the team. Some of the players who are known as the most popular players to give a great career statistic became the best on the rooster of the New York Rangers. The legendary players are considered to be the most popular in the hall of fame for their pro career.

One of the players for New York Rangers is Rodrigue Gabriel Gilbert. He became a professional ice hockey forward in the early 1980s, and because of his excellent performance, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982. Gilbert was the first player in the history of the New York Rangers to have his number retired. Another popular legend player for the New York Rangers is Steve Vickers, who was name First Team League All-Star. Vickers only spent one season in the minor leagues and then became a Central Hockey League before he went to the New York Rangers. Overall he finished his career with 246 goals and 340 assist in 698 games.

Most of the players are legends because they were top ten point-scorers. The list of franchise scoring leaders name Brian Leetch, Jean Ratelle, Andy Bathgate, Mark Messier, Walt Tkaczuk, Ron Greschner, Vic Hadifield, Adam Graves and many more. There are some of the players that received awards or trophies from 1970 to 2001. The legendary league of the New York Rangers had several different players that gave their hearts to the team.