Game of the Month: Sanderson s hat trick went down in history
20 years ago today, hats rained down in Nationwide for the first time by Jeff Svoboda @JacketsInsider / BlueJackets.com
Each month during our 20th anniversary celebration, BlueJackets.com will look back at a memorable moment in franchise history from that month with our Game of the Month feature. The series continues today with the team s Feb. 10, 2001, victory over Nashville that featured the first hat trick in franchise history.
Geoff Sanderson scored eight hat tricks in his NHL career, and the reality is those accomplishments as fun as they were in the moment don t necessarily stand the test of time in his memory bank.
Jan 14, 2021; New York, NY, USA; New York Rangers players huddle around the center ice logo as they prepare for the home opener against the New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Bennett/Pool Photo via USA TODAY Sports
February 6th, 2018 started off with some foreshadowing as the New York Rangers asked Rick Nash for his no-trade list. On February 8th they waived Brendan Smith for the first time and called up Neal Pionk. Smith was in the first year of a four-year deal he signed and it sent some eyebrows raising around the hockey world. Then “The Letter” was released.
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The New York Rangers drawing up the blueprint to a perfect rebuild Miller and Lafreniere the Rangers future (Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)
The New York Rangers have created arguably the top farm system in the NHL since beginning their rebuild with “The Letter” on February 8
th, 2018. How did they get to this point so quickly?
During the past three years, the Blueshirts have demonstrated both patience and effective long-term planning by trading fan-favorites, such as Rick Nash, Mats Zuccarello, Ryan McDonagh, and Kevin Hayes, for draft picks and prospects. They also benefitted from some extraordinary draft lottery luck along the way (i.e., Alexis Lafrenière and Kaapo Kakko).