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After Kevin Hayes said plenty of goodbyes to his New York Rangers teammates during the organization’s rebuild Brock McGinn Jersey Kids , it was finally his time to go.The Rangers traded Hayes to the Winnipeg Jets ahead of the NHL’s trade deadline Monday for younger forward Brendan Lemieux, a 2019 first-round pick and a conditional 2020 fourth round pick they get only if the Jets win the Stanley Cup this spring. New York also traded defenseman Adam McQuaid to Columbus for defense prospect Julius Bergman and fourth- and seventh-round picks in this year’s draft.It wasn’t long ago the Rangers were gunning for a title. In the past two days, they have jettisoned all three of their major unrestricted free agents in Mats Zuccarello, Hayes and McQuaid.“We had a really good team and we had a serious chance at the Cup and we had a pretty good deep run,” Hayes said on a conference call. “I have nothing but respect for this organization and nothing but great memories here. It’s tough to leave a city like this and a team like this and the friendships that you build with some people, it’s definitely tough. But I’m excited to get going here.”Left behind are a handful of veterans on a team that got much younger since announcing a rebuilding effort over a year ago. Forward Chris Kreider survived this deadline with a year left on his contract, and franchise goaltender Henrik Lundqvist on Sunday was too choked up about the trade of Zuccarello to Dallas to address it.But this was all part of the plan, and now the Rangers have five picks in the first two rounds of the draft, cap space and young assets to turn things around quickly.“I think pretty much we knew what the prices would be (and) I would say we met or hopefully did better than our expectations,” general manager Jeff Gorton said. “I think a lot of opportunity for our team to get better hopefully in a relatively quick fashion.”The 26-year-old Hayes Authentic Jaccob Slavin Jersey , who can become an unrestricted free agent July 1, has 14 goals and 28 assists in 51 games this season. He gives the Jets depth down the middle as they try to become the first Canadian-based team to win the Stanley Cup since 1993.Hayes has 216 points (87 goals, 129 assists) in 361 career NHL games. The native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, has added two goals and eight assists in 34 career playoff games. Selected 24th overall by Chicago out of Boston College in 2010, Hayes never signed with Blackhawks and instead inked a free-agent deal with New York in August 2014.Lemieux, 22, has nine goals and two assists in 44 games this season for Winnipeg and will join the Rangers immediately.“I would think that we’re going to give him a pretty big opportunity here with some ice time and playing up in the lineup and seeing what he can do for us right away,” Gorton said.While McQuaid gives Columbus what GM Jarmo Kekalainen hopes is a dose of good character, leadership Jeff Skinner Jersey , toughness and physical play, Bergmann will report to the Rangers’ AHL affiliate in Hartford. Bergman was traded twice in four days after being part of the Blue Jackets‘ deal with the Ottawa Senators for Matt Duchene. ST. LOUIS (AP) — Johnny Boychuk isn’t known for his visually appealing goals, having scored just 52 times in 626 games covering 10 seasons.However, his hard drive from just inside the blue line gave New York its first lead just 11 seconds after Jordan Eberle had tied the score, and the New York Islanders rallied for a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.“Johnny’s not the prettiest guy to watch,” Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. “But when the game’s on the line, he’s the guy that makes the hard plays. Johnny never makes soft plays. Everything he does is full out.”Anders Lee capped New York’s three-goal third period, and Matt Martin also scored to help Islanders win their season-high sixth in a row and ninth in 10 games. Robin Lehner stopped 29 shots for his seventh consecutive win.Boychuk put New York ahead 3-2 with his third goal of the season at 8:38 of the third.“We didn’t play good for two periods, we were down by one,” Boychuck said. “We just had to basically play one period the way that we should play. We did http://www.officialhurricanes.com/authentic-adidas-jordan-staal-jersey , and tonight, it was enough.”Lee pushed the lead to 4-2 with 4:56 left.The Islanders had a season-low 14 shots on goal and had just nine midway through the final period.“Good teams, they find ways to win when they’re not playing well,” Eberle said. “As a group, we’re definitely feeling confident.”Ryan O’Reilly got his eighth with 1:33 remaining to pull St. Louis within one.Brayden Schenn, Zach Sanford and Ryan O’Reilly scored for St. Louis, which has lost three of its last four.Lehner made several fine stops in the third period and protected the lead when the Blues held a 6-on-4 advantage in the final 19 seconds.The Islanders entered the final period with a 2-9 mark when trailing after two periods.“That was a big win for us,” Lehner said. “Obviously we didn’t have a great game. But we stuck with it and battled through it together. We scrambled, we just found a way to win.”Schenn pounced on the rebound of a deflected shot by Jaden Schwartz for a 1-0 lead at 4:11 of the first.Sanford tipped in a hard drive from inside the blue line by Vince Dunn with 3:23 remaining in the opening period to make it 2-0. It was Sanford’s fifth of the season and his first since being recalled from San Antonio of the AHL on Friday.New York cut the deficit in half on a drive from the slot by Martin early in the second period. Casey Cizikas set up the goal with a perfect pass from behind the net at 2:25. Cizikas also had an assist on Boychuck’s goal.“The main thing is we just kept hanging in there,” Eberle said. “Eventually Womens Justin Faulk Jersey , we did some of the right things.”Blues goalie Jake Allen made 10 saves.“I’ve got to be better than that in the third period for this team,” Allen said. “I lost it for them.”St. Louis has lost five games this season after grabbing a 2-0 lead.“We had a couple breakdowns defensively, simple as that,” St. Louis defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said.NOTES: St. Louis D Joel Edmundson was a healthy scratch for the first time this season. LW Pat Maroon was also scratched… The Islanders have allowed one goal or fewer 11 times season, already three more than all of last year. … New York will play five of its next six at home. … Eberle returned the lineup after missing the last four games with an upper-body injury.UP NEXTIslanders: Host Carolina on Tuesday night.Blues: At Philadelphia on Monday night.