Amazing Kreiderman
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Confirmed with Link: Rangers Buy Out Contract of Henrik Lundqvist
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or goes to Sweden to play with his brother one more time. I bet that happens more than him retiring
I wouldn't resent him for doing so.
Rongomania
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I really hope he joins one of these good clubs who need a goalie and wins a cup.
I want that for him over anything. It's literally the only thing missing from his resume.
I want that for him over anything. It's literally the only thing missing from his resume.
will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
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TominNC
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While they couldn't hire him immediately as a cap circumvention, the league surely couldn't stop the Rangers from hiring him forever. I honestly don't know how long they'd have to wait but at some point he could be on the payroll and make up the lost salary.
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I don't think that would be reasonable or fair for Hank to expect him to do that. The NYR signed him to his contract fair and square and by no means do I blame him for making sure he gets his money that he is owed.
TominNC
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Then it would also be "fair" for the Rangers to never put him on their payroll.
Oscar Lindberg
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Right after probably not but I think it's very possible he retires as we get closer to the season. Depends on how the goalie market shapes up and what his requirements are for his next team
yrrebbor
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This hurts so much, but only because we let him down time and time again, when all he wanted to do was win a cup and retire a Ranger. It's the right move for the team, though it still hurts. That LA series still haunts me with 3OT losses that could have been a very different series if they had some better puck luck. I'm sure that series will haunt Hank forever as well. 
Sad but expected.
Thank you for making most of the last 15 years bearable Hank. This team would have gone nowhere with out you.
hank deserved a better team in front of him...that game 2 of the 2014 SCF 3rd period when he was tackled in the crease and the goal was allowed to stand is just plain criminal...if we went to MSG with 1-1 tie in that series who knows what could of been...the refs in that game killed Hank
Sad but it had to be done I would have been pissed if they traded Georgiev just to keep Hank one more year. I would have preferred he retired A Ranger but that’s just me talking as a selfish fan of Hank And Of the team. We know he is a fierce competitor and wants to play so this was truly the only option
Can someone remind me what the buyout terms are?
What are we on the hook for (cap-wise) after buying Hank out?
These buy-outs have to be adding up, no? Aren’t we still paying Richards, G, etc?
What are we on the hook for (cap-wise) after buying Hank out?
These buy-outs have to be adding up, no? Aren’t we still paying Richards, G, etc?
Oscar Lindberg
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NYRangers16
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It's pretty ironic in a way and just shows how you can never predict the future.
A few years ago, I pictured an orderly transition form HL to IS. First, the would have been year where IS backed up HL, followed by a year where they shared the job, and perhaps followed by a final year where HL backed up IS before retiring or heading back to Sweden to end his career.
But then along came Georgiev to throw the proverbial monkey wrench into this orderly transition. Who could ever have predicted Georgiev's emergence? It just goes to show the often, goalies seem to come out of nowhere.
It is a sad, sad day, but a necessary day. There was no way a three goalie situation would work and to contemplate trading Georgiev would not be a sound move.
I might be the oldest occasional poster here: my Ranger memories go back to 1958, I became a big fan in the early 1960s, and was a season ticket holder in the old blue seats for the entire Francis era. I have three Rangers that I treasure more than any other: Rod Gilbert, Mark Messier, and Henrik.
We have had a wonderful tradition of goaltending in this organization in my time as a Ranger fan: Gumper, Eddie, JD, Beezer, Richter, and the King. I'm confident that IS is the next in line to continue that tradition.
But it is a sad day. I well remember, back in the early 2000s, JD talking of this young goalie in Sweden that he thought could be something special.
It is strange how sports is so different from real life where you, hopefully, can live a long, long life. In sports, we watch kids come up, became stars, begin to age, and become "old" in just 15 years. The aging process is so accelerated. Heck, I remember a young 20 year old Rod Gilbert being brought up from junior hockey to play against the Leafs in the 1962 playoffs...you could do that back then. It seems like before you knew it, he was retiring and having his number lifted to the MSG rafters.
Henrik was the best of all the goalies in our strong goaltending tradition. Aside from that, he embraced NYC, became a spokesperson for the team and the league. It is hard imagining the Rangers without him. But life will go on as it has when all of our greats retired. But he leaves a legacy that will be hard to replace.
A few years ago, I pictured an orderly transition form HL to IS. First, the would have been year where IS backed up HL, followed by a year where they shared the job, and perhaps followed by a final year where HL backed up IS before retiring or heading back to Sweden to end his career.
But then along came Georgiev to throw the proverbial monkey wrench into this orderly transition. Who could ever have predicted Georgiev's emergence? It just goes to show the often, goalies seem to come out of nowhere.
It is a sad, sad day, but a necessary day. There was no way a three goalie situation would work and to contemplate trading Georgiev would not be a sound move.
I might be the oldest occasional poster here: my Ranger memories go back to 1958, I became a big fan in the early 1960s, and was a season ticket holder in the old blue seats for the entire Francis era. I have three Rangers that I treasure more than any other: Rod Gilbert, Mark Messier, and Henrik.
We have had a wonderful tradition of goaltending in this organization in my time as a Ranger fan: Gumper, Eddie, JD, Beezer, Richter, and the King. I'm confident that IS is the next in line to continue that tradition.
But it is a sad day. I well remember, back in the early 2000s, JD talking of this young goalie in Sweden that he thought could be something special.
It is strange how sports is so different from real life where you, hopefully, can live a long, long life. In sports, we watch kids come up, became stars, begin to age, and become "old" in just 15 years. The aging process is so accelerated. Heck, I remember a young 20 year old Rod Gilbert being brought up from junior hockey to play against the Leafs in the 1962 playoffs...you could do that back then. It seems like before you knew it, he was retiring and having his number lifted to the MSG rafters.
Henrik was the best of all the goalies in our strong goaltending tradition. Aside from that, he embraced NYC, became a spokesperson for the team and the league. It is hard imagining the Rangers without him. But life will go on as it has when all of our greats retired. But he leaves a legacy that will be hard to replace.
Zibanejbread
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Oscar Lindberg
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I hope there will be an opportunity for Henrik to speak
Killem Dafoe
Hold my baby, man.
$5.5m this year. $1.5m next year.
~$12m in dead space this year between Hank, Girardi, and Shattenkirk. Richards was a compliance buyout so he doesn't count against the cap.
JimmyG89
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In the last two years, getting to watch the players you grew up with, the ones during your formative years as a fan, where you truly learn the game and understand and appreciate greatness, leave the team you love, not because they want to, but because they have to, has been gut wrenching.
As a fan, I was at least able to show appreciation when David Wright had to retire. Was in the building and was able to show how much he meant to us. It wasn't how anyone wanted him to go out, but there was some sort of finality to everything. Walked off the field.
This one is going to be infinitely worse. There is no "final game" and there is no send off from the fans that chanted his name over the years. The last game was in a bubble in Toronto where nobody could be. We all watched it on our TVs. We also didn't know, but had an idea everything was coming to an end.
Since becoming a season ticket holder, one of the great things of going to game after game was knowing that you're watching the team play, but you're watching Hank play night in and night out, knowing they've got a shot to win no matter what happens. Hearing "And in goal, #30, Henrik Lundqvist" from Joe Toelleson over the PA is ingrained in my head.
With the news being official now it stings not being able to say goodbye the way other greats have gotten. No last lap around the ice. No standing ovation for the duration of that trip. Instead, it's a post on social media with a press release. We will get his jersey retirement and an inevitable HOF night as well. There may be a return game with another team, but I have a feeling that may not be a thing. Maybe I'm hoping it isn't, even though seeing him latch on with a contender for one last run, as a backup, is something we can all get behind.
Cheers Hank, and we'll see you in Toronto and back in NY for a jersey retirement night.
As a fan, I was at least able to show appreciation when David Wright had to retire. Was in the building and was able to show how much he meant to us. It wasn't how anyone wanted him to go out, but there was some sort of finality to everything. Walked off the field.
This one is going to be infinitely worse. There is no "final game" and there is no send off from the fans that chanted his name over the years. The last game was in a bubble in Toronto where nobody could be. We all watched it on our TVs. We also didn't know, but had an idea everything was coming to an end.
Since becoming a season ticket holder, one of the great things of going to game after game was knowing that you're watching the team play, but you're watching Hank play night in and night out, knowing they've got a shot to win no matter what happens. Hearing "And in goal, #30, Henrik Lundqvist" from Joe Toelleson over the PA is ingrained in my head.
With the news being official now it stings not being able to say goodbye the way other greats have gotten. No last lap around the ice. No standing ovation for the duration of that trip. Instead, it's a post on social media with a press release. We will get his jersey retirement and an inevitable HOF night as well. There may be a return game with another team, but I have a feeling that may not be a thing. Maybe I'm hoping it isn't, even though seeing him latch on with a contender for one last run, as a backup, is something we can all get behind.
Cheers Hank, and we'll see you in Toronto and back in NY for a jersey retirement night.
rangers1314
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Again, knew it was coming...but the official news has me up in my feelings.
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