Blue Jackets honor Rick Nash before game vs. Rangers

John Tortorella has coached Rick Nash and he's coached against Rick Nash, but the Blue Jackets head man still got a bit of a history lesson before Sunday's game.
"We got a chance to sit down with Nasher before the game, and I didn't realize he played nine years here," Tortorella, who coached Nash with in New York, said after Columbus' 7-5 win against the Rangers on Sunday.
Blue Jackets fans certainly remembered that fact Sunday as the former CBJ captain and his family were present to drop the ceremonial puck before the Blue Jackets' game against the Rangers two days after Nash formally announced his retirement from the game because of the lingering effects of concussions.

Nash, the Blue Jackets' all-time leader in every major statistical category, was showered with adoration from the Nationwide Arena crowd as he walked to center ice with his family. It was a special scene in Nationwide Arena as all 20 members of each team, the two Nash spent the bulk of his 15-year career with, stood on each team's blue line for the ceremony.
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When a highlights video showing the best moments of Nash's career as a Blue Jacket played on the center scoreboard, all 40 players skated backward to get a better angle to see the video in an ultimate tribute to the ultimate professional.
"He was just a great pro for me," Tortorella said before the game. "I have nothing but true respect for him."
Everyone was all smiles as two of Nash's children, his son McLaren and daughter Ellie, dropped pucks between Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno and Marc Staal of the New York Rangers.
Relive the special moment in Nationwide Arena by watching the following video.