Brashear shouldn’t be welcome in MSG

Let’s get this straight. The decision to sign free agent Washington thug Donald Brashear — who appeared to spend an inordinate amount of time since the end of lockout attempting to injure Rangers before finally succeeding with the Game 6 blindside blow to Blair Betts’ head that knocked him out of the playoffs with a broken orbital bone and concussion — represents an indelible stain on the family concept preached by head coach John Tortorella.

Brashear is a headhunter with a repugnant rap sheet who mugged Jaromir Jagr to such a degree when No. 68 was a Ranger that Brendan Shanahan, of all people, felt the need to drop the gloves and finally challenge him at the Garden on Dec. 30, 2007. He is a bully who sickened the Garden, the league and Rangers fans in fulfilling his seek-and-destroy mission against Betts, who is on the free-agent market after not being invited back to Broadway.

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