In his return to Madison Square Garden on Thursday night, Barclay Goodrow was honored with a video tribute during the first period. Barclay Goodrow gets a tribute in his return to Madison Square Garden.

Barclay Goodrow was the cap casualty for the Rangers this past summer, when the organization had to ruthlessly put the veteran forward on waivers to circumvent his 15-team no-trade list and complete a pre-arranged deal with the Sharks.

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.

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.

Sharks forward Barclay Goodrow has been looking forward to returning to MSG since his ugly unexpected exit from the Rangers this offseason.

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