With an excess of goalkeepers and a need for cap space, Henrik LundqvistThe time with the New York Rangers could end after 15 years on Broadway.
Rangers president John Davidson did not reveal details but said he had a “face-to-face meeting” with the 38-year-old after the team were eliminated from the qualifying round in three games by the Carolina Hurricanes last week.
“Knowing the professional person who is ‘Hank’, I can tell you that when we got off the plane from Toronto I had a discussion with him,” Davidson said on NHL.com. “It was a personal discussion; we will leave it at that. We will continue our discussions to see what paths we will take if we move forward. We will get things right and just move on.” This.”
The Rangers wore three goalkeepers as of January this season, with Lundqvist battling for starts Alexandar Georgiev and beginners Igor Shesterkin.
Lundqvist started just five games after switching the calendar to 2020 after making 21 starts in the first three months of the season. However, the Rangers turned to the veterans for the first two games of their best-of-five series against Carolina. Lundqvist allowed seven goals in a total of 71 shots over the two defeats. Shesterkin started Game 3 and allowed three goals in 30 shots in a 4-1 defeat.
For the regular season, Lundqvist finished with a 10-12-3 record with a saving of 0.905 percent and an average of 3.16 goals against the average. Georgiev went 17-14-2 with a savings of 0.910 percent and a GAA of 3.04, while Shesterkin set a brilliant 10-2 record when he joined the team with a savings of 0.932 percent and an GAA of 2.52 .
Lundqvist, a five-time all-star, will be signed to a $ 8.5 million cap hit next season. The Rangers are currently expected to have a total of $ 13.5 million in cap space this off-season, along with Georgiev, Anthony DeAngelo, 16 players. Brendan Lemieux and Ryan Strome Anyone entering a restricted free agency.
“It’s pretty obvious what scenarios could happen here with our goalkeeper, but to have an answer for you today, I don’t have that answer, we don’t have that answer,” said Jeff Gorton, Rangers general manager. “We can all look at our hats and wonder what’s next, what we’re going to do? That’s what we’re going to go through. Usually we’re going to have our meetings, we’re going to talk to our Scouts, we’re going to talk to our coaches. Us are in the process of going through our exit meetings on Zoom. We are doing all of these things now and the upper limit is certainly on our minds. We will work through them. Sensible questions, but answers we don’t have right now. “
Lundqvist, the 2012 Vezina Trophy winner, has a full no-move clause in his contract.
