What should the Rangers do with Rick Nash?

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Nash has struggled the last few years with injury problems that have kept him out of the lineup in three of the last four years. He suffered a concussion after an elbow from Brad Stuart at the beginning of the 2013 season. In the 2014 season, Nash was able to play 79 games and returned to the superstar level that the Rangers expected when they acquired him. But the following year, Nash had to deal with muscle spasms that caused him to miss a quarter of the Rangers season. And this season, he had to deal with a nagging groin injury.
And because of these injury issues, his production has slipped significantly. Now, that can be expected as a player nears the end of his career. But for Nash, he went from producing around 60 points or more per year in Columbus to 40 points at a maximum in three of his five seasons with the Blueshirts.

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This will, in all likelihood, be Rick Nash’s curtain call season on Broadway. He has done a good job in his time with the Rangers but never reached his full capabilities. He showed signs of the power forward he once was this season but wasn’t able to convert on many of his chances. Nash will be looking to show the Rangers, and the rest of the NHL, what he can do in this contract year. But what he won’t be doing, is suiting up for the Rangers after the 2017-18 season.