Editing Rick Nash (section)

===Boston Bruins (2018)===
During the [[2017–18 NHL season|2017–18 season]], the Rangers struggled relative to their results from past seasons. On February 8, 2018, the team released a letter to fans that signaled intentions to begin a rebuild, to which rumors of a Nash trade began to swirl, as he was in the last year of his contract.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nhl.com/rangers/news/a-message-from-glen-sather-and-jeff-gorton-about-our-team/c-295742648|title=A Message from Glen Sather and Jeff Gorton About Our Team|work=NHL|date=2018-02-08|access-date=2018-02-25|language=en-US}}</ref> On February 25, 2018, one day before the trade deadline, Nash was traded to the [[Boston Bruins]] in exchange for [[Ryan Spooner]], [[Matt Beleskey]], prospect [[Ryan Lindgren]], a [[2018 NHL Entry Draft|2018]] first-round pick (which became [[Jacob Bernard-Docker]]), and a [[2019 NHL Entry Draft|2019]] seventh-round pick (which became [[Massimo Rizzo (ice hockey)|Massimo Rizzo]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruins Acquire Rick Nash From Rangers|url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-acquire-rick-nash-from-rangers/c-296345448|website=NHL.com|access-date=February 25, 2018|date=February 25, 2018}}</ref> Rick Nash's first goal as a Bruin, and his 800th career point, came on February 27, 2018, in a 4–3 overtime Bruins home ice win over the [[Carolina Hurricanes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/newcomers-make-quite-the-first-impression/c-296449008 |title=Newcomers Make Quite the First Impression |last=Russo |first=Eric |date=February 28, 2018 |website=nhl.com/bruins |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=February 28, 2018 |quote=Like Wingels, Rick Nash did his part in his first game at TD Garden. After a strong debut in Buffalo - during which Nash fired five shots on goal and clanked another opportunity off the post - the former first overall pick finally cashed in midway through the first...DeBrusk forced Justin Faulk to lose control of the puck along the boards, freeing it up for David Krejci at the blue liner. Krejci then threaded a pass to '''a wide-open Nash, who fired one by Darling to knot the game at 1 and collect his 800th career point.'''}}</ref> Nash would go on to play 23 games for the Bruins, and suffered a concussion in a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, after a hit from [[Cedric Paquette]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2019/01/11/bruins-nhl-rick-nash-retires-concussions/ | title=Rick Nash retires due to concussions }}</ref>

On January 11, 2019, at age 34, due to unresolved symptoms from a concussion sustained in March 2018, Nash was forced to retire from professional hockey after playing 1,060 career games spanning over 15 seasons.<ref name="retired">{{cite web |last1=Beneteau |first1=Josh |title=Rick Nash announces retirement after 15 NHL seasons |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/rick-nash-announces-retirement-16-nhl-seasons/ |website=Sportsnet |access-date=11 January 2019 |date=11 January 2019}}</ref>