"On his way out of Columbus in 2006, former Blue Jackets left winger Geoff Sanderson predicted that Rick Nash's career trajectory would quickly erase Sanderson's name from the franchise record book. Two years later, when David Vyborny's end with the Jackets was drawing near, he made the same prediction.

Nash claims his latest category tonight when the Blue Jackets play the New York Rangers in Nationwide Arena. He'll play his 544th game for the organization, surpassing Vyborny's 543 (2000 to 2008).

"It makes you realize how fast it goes," Nash said. "I still remember playing my first NHL game, and here we are 543 games later. It's really flown by, but with lots of memories."

Among the roughly 700 NHL players, just 30 have been with their current club longer than Nash. When the current collective-bargaining agreement was reached in 2005-06, the minimum age for free agency was dropped from 31 to 27, so more players than ever have been on the move."