Lynn Patrick Betrays Boucher for Boston

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It's June 7, this is New York Rangers News Today, powered by AI, your team, your update. So, word on the street is that back in the day, a dude named Lynn Patrick, who was a player for the Rangers, got a pretty sweet offer from the Boston Bruins. The boss over there, Art Ross, apparently wanted Patrick to ditch the Rangers and take over as coach in Boston. But here's the kicker, Ross didn't just offer him the coaching gig. He also promised Patrick that within a year, he'd be handed the keys to the whole operation as general manager.
That's a pretty big step up, moving from player to coach and then GM.
Now, Patrick had a teammate and friend, Frank Boucher, who was pretty bummed about this. Boucher had known Patrick since he was a rookie and they were tight. Patrick apparently felt some loyalty to Boucher, but the lure of that Boston offer, plus the excuse that New York wasn't the best place to raise a family, was too much. Boucher tried to get Patrick to at least talk it over with some of the big wigs in New York, like General John Reed Kill Patrick and Ned Irish. Irish was even ready to offer Patrick a serious pay raise to stay put. But Patrick had already made up his mind. He took the Boston job, leaving his Ranger buddies and Boucher feeling the sting of the loss. It's one of those situations where business and friendship definitely collide.