To go along with the bizarre Mt. Rushmore segment on Sportscenter, John Buccigross listed a Mt. Rushmore for every team.

For the Rangers he listed, Eddie Giacomin, Brian Leetch, Mark Messier and Mike Richter.

Bucci reasons were:

This was another tough one. The Rangers don’t have a long line of hockey legends to choose from. Messier and Leetch were the easy ones. Giacomin is a Hall of Famer with only 266 career wins. He was a beloved Ranger. Goaltenders had so much personality in Giacomin’s era because of the smaller equipment, no masks, then the smaller masks, and because of the robotic goaltending many goalies employ today. Goalies were more artistic in Giacomin’s era. Today, it is more of a science. That is why Tim Thomas is so popular in Boston. He plays more like goalies of the past, more with his heart than his head.

The fourth Ranger was a tough call. I asked a big Rangers fan here at ESPN, and he said Rod Gilbert. I can respect that, but I think Richter also was artistic and so much fun to watch. The save on Pavel Bure’s shot during the Stanley Cup finals was iconic. So was winning the Cup. I like Mike.

Rotter: I would guess that Bucci has a typo in the first line and meant to say that the Rangers DO have a long line of players to choose from. I don’t really have a problem with this list but its hard for me to wrap my head around Rod Gilbert not being on the list. Gilbert and Eddie are both legends and are the ones that I learned about at a young age since their numbers were retired. Mess and Leetch are locks as he said but I think one of the goalies should have been bumped for Gilbert.