It’s not that the Rangers invented The Nice Guy In Hockey, it just happens that over a nine-decade span the Blueshirts have boasted more clean-playing stars than any other NHL team, in my opinion.
Some might even call it genetic since the Blueshirts first superstar center — on the original 1926-27 team — was Frank Boucher, arguably the cleanest Hall of Famer in history.
Center on a famed line with the Cook Brothers, Bill and Bun, Boucher won the Lady Byng Trophy six times in its first seven years. Lady Byng, herself, was so impressed that she gave the trophy to Boucher to keep.
Then, she had another one struck — for the other players; Rangers included. The following is my talented-good-guy Rangers list, in alphabetical order: