1952: Rangers acquire Leo Reise Jr. from Red Wings in Exchange for Jim Morrison, Reg Sinclair and cash.
1986: Rangers acquire Walt Poddubny from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Mike Allison.
Of all the players who have spent only one or two years with the Rangers, perhaps none had as big an impact as Walt Poddubny, who joins Wayne Gretzky and Jaromir Jagr as the only players to lead the team in both goals and points in each of his seasons in New York (Most points — 1986-87, 1987-88, Most goals — 1986-87 (tie), 1987-88, Most assists — 1986-87). During his 2 seasons in New York Puddubny tallied 78 goals and 97 assists for 175 points in 152 Regular Season Games giving him one of the highest point-per-game averages of any player in franchise history. He was the recipient of the New York Rangers Fan Club's Frank Boucher Trophy for the most popular player on and off the ice in both years and the team's Most Valuable Player Award from the Professional Hockey Writers Association in 1987.
After scoring a total of 28 goals in his three previous seasons with Toronto, Poddubny has 40 goals and finishes with 87 points in his first season with the Rangers, then scores 38 goals and has 88 points in 1987-88. Despite that, the Rangers trade him to the Nordiques on Aug. 1, 1988.
On March 21, 2009 Walt passed away at the age of 49, after collapsing at his sister's house in Thunder Bay. The cause of death was heart attack.
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