2 days Ago By Mollie Walker
The Post’s Mollie Walker takes a look at longtime Rangers executive Glen Sathers’s top three hits and misses of his 24-year tenure in New York : Hits Discovering Henrik Lundqvist During Lundqvist’s pregame jersey retirement ceremony at the Garden in January 2022, both Sather and the Rangers’ franchise goalie of 15 years reminisced about the day the two connected in Sweden in 2004. Sather proudly recalled how he referred to Lundqvist as “The Next One,” and finding No. 30 became one of his most notable accomplishments.
Trading for Ryan McDonagh’s signing rights In July 2010, Sather traded Scott Gomez, Tom Pyatt and Michael Busto to the Canadiens in exchange for the signing rights to McDonagh. Not only did the defenseman ultimately become captain in his fifth season in New York, but the Minnesota native played 516 games for the Blueshirts during a time when the club appeared in the playoffs every year, including a trip to the final in 2014. Trading for Jaromir Jagr Sather sent Anson Carter to the Capitals in exchange for Jagr and got Washington to agree to pay approximately $4 million per year of Jagr’s salary.
Jagr also agreed to defer (with interest) $1 million per year for the remainder of his contract. To this day, Jagr is still all over the Rangers’ record books despite playing only 277 games across four seasons in New York. Misses Drafting Hugh Jessiman 12th overall One look at the 2003 first-round draft board will tell you all you need to know about how .
