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Tex Rickard, the promoter of Madison Square Garden, was granted a new NHL franchise for the 1926/27 season. The New York press nicknamed the new team 'Tex's Rangers' and the name stuck. Hence the New York Rangers.

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As far as I can determine, the original ownership gave their team the name Islanders because they play on the Long Island area of NYC.

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