John Davidson will reunite with the NYR organization as team president.
Davidson had been in Columbus since 2012, ushering the rebuilding team into a new era of being playoff contenders. It was widely assumed he would be headed to New York Friday, as the Blue Jackets issued a statement to announce the Rangers had been granted permission to speak with him for the position.
“I am excited and humbled to be named the President of the New York Rangers,” Davidson said in the press release. “The opportunity of rejoining the Rangers organization and returning home to New York, where my family and I have spent so many wonderful years, was one I simply could not pass up. “I want to thank James Dolan for offering me this chance to come home. I would also like to thank John P. McConnell for the opportunity to join the Blue Jackets organization in 2012, his guidance, support, and friendship over the last seven years, and for allowing my family and me to embark on this new journey with the Rangers. Additionally, I would like to thank the St. Louis Blues organization for giving me an opportunity to join their front office in 2006 and spend six fantastic years there.
The move is somewhat of a homecoming for Davidson, who spent eight seasons with the Rangers as an NHL goaltender in the 1970s and 80s. He also served as a television analyst there. Now, he has a chance to help rebuild the historic franchise back into a contender. The Rangers’ presidency became available in April, when longtime executive Glen Sather stepped down from the position, which he’d held since 2000. Sather will remain with the team as a senior advisor and alternate governor.
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