Rick Nash
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"Rick McLaren Nash" is a Canadian professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey)/left winger currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Drafted out of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) by the Columbus Blue Jackets first overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, Nash played with the London Knights for two seasons, earning the Emms Family Award in 2000–01 OHL season/2001 as league rookie of the year. He began his NHL career with the Blue Jackets the season immediately following his draft, in 2002–03 NHL season/2002–03, and was nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy/Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year. In his second NHL season, Nash scored a career-high 41 goals to tie with Jarome Iginla and Ilya Kovalchuk for the Rocket Richard Trophy as league goal-scoring champion. Nash is also a five-time NHL All-Star Game/NHL All-Star and has been awarded the NHL Foundation Player Award in the 2008–09 NHL season/2008–09 for his work in the community.

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He played a brilliant game, ... We were able to at least salvage two points for him. Let's face the facts: If he doesn't play like he does for 40 minutes, we're nowhere near that game. We know it. Everybody knows it.

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Just to know that we've got quite a future here in Blue Jackets with all the young players, I think is exciting for No. 1 the fans, and for especially the franchise, so I'm just happy to be back and looking forward to this September.

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Definitely, to be mentioned in the same bracket as those names is a pretty big deal. It's a bit different here in Columbus, we don't have as much media. So to have that media attention is a great thing for me personally but also a great thing for the team and the organization as well.

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I'd like to play like Joe Thornton does right now. I try to mold my game around his. If you say four years, three years down the road, if I could be where he is, then I'd be pretty happy.

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This is the team I was drafted to, and this is where I've made my home for the last three years. I don't want to switch teams. I'd rather take this team to the top.

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I didn't even wear it. I couldn't get it on. It was way too tight. I didn't bother.

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I lost five pounds over the summer, and I know where they went. Nash has them.

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