Where is phil esposito now

He was scoreless the next night in a loss to the Kings in Los Angeles, missed a week with a knee injury, then returned and began putting up points — though not the way he had in Boston. Esposito finished with 29 goals and 67 points and a minus rating in 62 games for the Rangers, who missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in a decade.

His 81 points 38 goals, 43 assists in were good for 15th in the scoring race and helped New York get back to the playoffs, though they lost their Preliminary Round series to Buffalo in the third and deciding game. But a funny thing was happening to Esposito.

We had some good years. Those cheers got even louder in , when Esposito, centering for young wings Don Maloney and Don Murdoch, scored 42 goals, the most he would score as a Ranger.

Esposito and the Rangers made it to the Quarterfinals the following year, but by Christmas of , he knew the end was near. After averaging more than a point-per-game in his first five seasons with the Rangers, he was putting up less than half that in He was 38 and looked every day of it. New coach Craig Patrick wanted to go with youth and speed; Espo had neither.

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