GREENBURGH, N.Y. — The pain was etched on Henrik Lundqvist’s face. No goalie mask to hide it.
There were tears in his eyes. There was emotion in his voice. He tried to spit out some words to reporters the day after his pal Mats Zuccarello got traded by the rebuilding Rangers to the Dallas Stars on Feb. 23, but he quickly had to give up because he was choked up.
“Even though it was talked about for the longest time, it was shocking that it actually happened,” Lundqvist said after practice Monday at MSG Training Center.
Another close friend of Zuccarello’s, Mika Zibanejad, had to deal with it, too.