Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the NY Rangers bought out Hank’s final year. The buyout had been rumored for weeks, but was finalized on Wednesday. Usually a thoughts post on the Henrik Lundqvist buyout would come the day. However given the circumstances and the emotions involved, it felt right to wait a day.
1. There’s a lot of chatter that the Rangers disrespected Lundqvist with the buyout. I don’t believe that to be true. Something like this, given that it’s Lundqvist, is discussed with him. This wasn’t a shocker to Lundqvist, he knew it was coming and he agreed to it.