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Originally Posted by sureLoss

Jesse Spector ‏@jessespector 27s Messier leaves NYR "to expand the game of hockey in the New York area by developing the Kingsbridge National Ice Center," per statement.

Hockey Central ‏@SNHockeyCentral 55s Mark Messier leaves Rangers, says it has nothing to do with AV being named coach.

Press release here:
http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=675496

Glad to see him taking on a role with that development, hopefully his presence helps keep up the enthusiasm around the project so as to avoid it being downsized or otherwise made to be less than it could be.