Tribute Henrik Lundqvist Appreciation Thread
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94! I’m ready for more! LGR!
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Chimpradamus
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The chances are as small as Lloyd getting the girl in Dumb and Dumber, but imagine Hank coming back from heart surgery and then winning the cup for the Capitals. Coming back to pro hockey after heart surgery is unheard of I guess?
NYRFANMANI
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I really want him to play again in the NHL. This season!
edit: make a Hank marathon, I want two days worth of interviews. Also, that picture of his chest scar ... damn.
edit: make a Hank marathon, I want two days worth of interviews. Also, that picture of his chest scar ... damn.
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Zats Muccarello
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I love this man
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UnSandvich
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Draft Guru
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Trade Georgiev this off-season, bring back Hank next year on a 1 year deal to backup Igor? 
Trade Georgiev this off-season, bring back Hank next year on a 1 year deal to backup Igor?
Which is what we should have done all along.
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It would be a storybook ending if he came back over the next couple of years and won with the NYR.
mrhockey193195
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I love Geo, but sign me up.Trade Georgiev this off-season, bring back Hank next year on a 1 year deal to backup Igor?
If Henrik ever skates onto the ice at MSG for an NHL game (regardless of for what team), I don't care how - I'm dropping everything and getting my ass to NY and getting a ticket.
Draft Guru
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Keeping Hank's 8.5M on the books this year would have forced our hand in other areas of the roster.
Chimpradamus
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Kudos to @Zats Muccarello again for shining the headlights on this great piece of an interview and he definitely got me hooked on it. Since he's too lazy 
to be on time for the update, I'll help out. Again another masterpiece of an interview with one of the greats and much worth watching:
to be on time for the update, I'll help out. Again another masterpiece of an interview with one of the greats and much worth watching:
NYR94
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Pretty cool that he's being interviewed by Weekes, his first NHL goaltending partner.
Trade Georgiev this off-season, bring back Hank next year on a 1 year deal to backup Igor?
It's an interesting conspiracy theory.
NYR needed to get Hank's salary off the books this year, and knew he needed a heart operation, so they bought him out and let him sign with a different team to get paid but still sit the year out and recover. Then they begin to re-sign him to 1 year deals every summer to be the backup until he wants to retire.
Crazier things have happened, and it's an unlikely but entirely plausible theory.
only problem with that theory is that if the rangers knew he needed heart surgery, the rangers could have put him on LTIR, freed up $8.5 mil in cap space instead of only $3 mil and paid hank his full salary instead of 2/3
Chimpradamus
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Yes, if that was the scheme, it was a pretty terrible scheme that just lost the NYR alot of cap money. There can be a hypothesis that because of signing with a new team there was a more extensive health checkup, but since Hank's heart issue was already well known and he had regular checkups, that is also unlikely. Like Hank said in his interview, his condition just got worse all of a sudden. I think his plan was to fix his heart after his career was over.
That is probably they best I have seen someone look so shortly after a sternotomy.
Hank most likely got a prosthetic mechanical valve which will require him to be on Warfarin (blood thinner) the rest of his life. He also received an aortic graft which is a prosthetic material that replaces part of his aorta.
He looks great and I am glad to see him doing well. One of my favorite athletes of all time.
Peltz
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Kevin Weeks may be the worst interviewer ever.
"Mmmm... Right... Yea... exactly... of course. "
Maybe ask a follow-up question that forces him to elaborate? Or shut the f*** up and let him talk?
Zats Muccarello
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haha i honestly kind of agree but i think they wanted a familiar face/friend to make it more personable
SingnBluesOnBroadway
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Hank won’t play this season.
Capitals' Henrik Lundqvist won't return this season after tests reveal heart inflammation
Capitals' Henrik Lundqvist won't return this season after tests reveal heart inflammation
NYRFAN218
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I couldn't see any way he would play this season anyway. Even if he was cleared, how are the Capitals going to play him when he hasn't played since August and they're in the stretch run heading towards the playoffs?
I hope his recovery goes well over the next few months and that he's able to come back next season and latch on somewhere. I know many would like to see him retire only having played for the Rangers but I see he still has the drive and I'd love nothing more than for him to have one last shot at the Cup.
We took him for granted. Some of these saves.. Just, mind boggling shit.
As an old timer who watched Leetch throughout his career, I find myself having internal debates about who was the best Ranger, ever.
As an old timer who watched Leetch throughout his career, I find myself having internal debates about who was the best Ranger, ever.
