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Henrik Lundqvist's well-being, Rangers' success are linked

Neil Best

Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted on Sept.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — On iPhones around MSG Training Center Monday, there was Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, smiling on Twitter and saying he felt dandy after missing six games because of post-concussion symptoms.

On ice, there was feisty but diminutive Rangers assistant equipment manager Tim Webb in net after Henrik Lundqvist departed on two separate occasions for the dressing room, and later did not address reporters.

Coach Alain Vigneault insisted Lundqvist merely was under the weather and should be back at practice Tuesday and ready to go for Game 1 of the playoffs against the Penguins Wednesday, so all this likely will soon be forgotten.