After days of tense waiting, finally the Rick Nash saga is over.
The Rangers traded the admirable veteran to the Bruins on Sunday morning in exchange for a first-round pick in 2018, plus Ryan Lindgren, Ryan Spooner, Matt Beleskey and a seventh-round pick in 2019. Nash, 33, is set to be an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season as his eight-year, $62.4 million deal comes to a conclusion. The Rangers retained half of his prorated $7.8 million salary-cap hit, while the Bruins retained half of Beleskey’s $3.8 million hit while he is in the minors.