Understanding that this is largely a daily column focused on the New York Rangers, it’d still be wrong not to lead with the news that we lost a true hockey legend early Saturday morning. Ken Dryden succumbed to cancer and died at 78.
The six-time Stanley Cup champion was one of the greatest goalies in NHL history. Dryden backstopped the entire Montreal Canadiens dynasty in the 1970s and won the Vezina Trophy as the League’s top goalie five times.
As a rookie with six games of NHL experience in 1971, he helped the Canadiens win the Cup and took home the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.