The 31-year-old Brodzinski, a career journeyman before settling into an NHL role the past two years in New York, earned a nod Wednesday morning as the Rangers’ nominee for the Masterton Trophy, which is given to the player who “who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey.”

The Rangers, who have four games left, will be eliminated with any kind of loss in regulation time, overtime or a shootout.

The New York Rangers have already destroyed their own season. On Thursday, they took the New York Islanders down with them. The two New York teams have not really dignified themselves this year. We’ve catalogued it all,

There are not many indignations for the New York Islanders greater than effectively getting eliminated from playoff contention by the crosstown-rival Rangers and getting embarrassed in the process. That is exactly what happened on Thursday night at UBS Arena.