Henrik Lundqvist spoke to reporters today about his injury. According to New York Daily News Rangers beat writer Pat Leonard, the all-time franchise leader in wins (334) and shutouts (55) has a sprained blood vessel.
The fact the Rangers even allowed Lundqvist to continue playing against the Hurricanes and then foolishly started him against the Panthers is beyond absurd. They put him at risk. He could’ve had a stroke. It’s a vascular injury. Nothing to sneeze at.
The scary aspect is it took a specialist to overrule doctors who ran cat scans who had medically cleared him. That’s insane. Imagine if he had played. I can’t even think straight knowing that the Rangers medical staff had Lundqvist stay in and then face Florida.
Lundqvist is extremely lucky. The Rangers are even luckier. He’s in the first year of a seven-year contract that pays him $59.5 million with an average cap hit of $8.5 million. The highest paid among goalies. The 32-year old former Vezina winner is earning $11 million this season and $10 million in 2015-16. After a slow start, he returned to form winning 25 games with a 2.25 goals-against-average with a .922 save percentage and five shutouts.
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Wow I had no idea, I kind of assumed he was getting migranes again like he did his rookie season. But this is Lindros ruptured-spleen type bad – where they didn’t diagnose him properly either and Keith Jones practically saved his life.
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It’s hard to say. Brooks of course defended the Rangers team doctors. Whatever the reason, it doesn’t look good.
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