Rangers hire Mike Grier to replace Brian Leetch

A Rangers legend leaves the business. Now his substitute is formal.

This has been an offseason of adjust for the New York Rangers. The newest departure was a legend. Late last week, Larry Brooks of The Put up initially reported that Brian Leetch resigned from his hockey operations advisory situation with Rangers.

His substitute: Mike Grier. On Wednesday, the Rangers designed the announcement formal.

Official: #NYR President and Basic Manager Chris Drury has introduced that Mike Grier has been named Hockey Operations Advisor.

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— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) May perhaps 19, 2021

Grier, forty six, appeared in one,060 typical time video games with 4 franchises all through his NHL job. Initially a ninth round decide (back when there ended up far more than seven rounds) in the 1993 NHL Draft by St. Louis, Grier also appeared in one hundred and one postseason video games.

His brother, Chris Grier, is the standard manager of the Miami Dolphins.