In his return to Madison Square Garden on Thursday night, Barclay Goodrow was honored with a video tribute during the first period. Following the first commercial break, a quick video tribute was shown with highlights from Goodrow’s time with the Rangers. The fans gave him a standing ovation as Goodrow waved to all of the crowd.

You may need a reminder on this as Barclay Goodrow made his return to the Garden on Thursday as a member of the Sharks, but the Rangers’ bottom-six was a mess at this point last season when No. 21 was in the middle of it all.

NEW YORK — It’s been a bit less than five months since the New York Rangers dumped Barclay Goodrow to the San Jose Sharks via waivers. San Jose is in town for its only visit to Madison Square Garden and it’s not a stretch to say Goodrow would love to show his old team something on Thursday.

Barclay Goodrow is set to return back to Madison Square Garden on Thursday night for the first time since everything went down between him and the New York Rangers. The New York Rangers bought out Goodrow’s contract at the beginning of the offseason as he was almost immediately claimed by the San Jose Sharks.

With Barclay Goodrow making his return to MSG this week, we will look at why his tenure with the Rangers was always doomed to fail.

Barclay Goodrow skated on the San Jose Sharks top line when the team practiced at Chelsea Piers on Wednesday. #SJSharks lines in practice: Goodrow-Celebrini-Toffoli Eklund-Granlund-Zetterlund W. Smith-Wennberg-Dellandrea Grundstrom-Sturm-Kunin G.

San Jose Sharks forward Barclay Goodrow finally opened up about his feelings regarding how his New York Rangers career ended.