This is Dan Blackburn, a former first round pick of the New York Rangers, and he participated in the alumni game for the Rangers versus the Flyers yesterday. Now, you're probably asking why Blackburn, who is 28 years old, is in a game where the players are traditionally in their 40's and possibly older. Well, Blackburn was drafted in 2001, but was rushed to the NHL by the Rangers, who had obviously not learned from the New York Islanders' disastrous experiment with Rick DiPietro a year earlier. Blackburn looked overmatched in his two years with the Rangers before various injury issues eventually forced him to retire in 2005 after bouncing around the minor leagues. For Blackburn, though the Rangers came up on the short end, this was his one opportunity to relish what could have been, and clearly, his story is one good one among many at the alumni game.
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