They arrived in New York, one after the other over a two-year span, but they appear to be getting phased out concurrently at the end of their distinguished careers as the centerpieces of their respective organizations.
Henrik Lundqvist doesn’t recall ever meeting Eli Manning, but without anything being made official by the Rangers, he also continues to be losing his grasp on the starting job he has owned since he was first crowned at the Garden in 2005, one year after Manning’s rookie season with the Giants.
“I saw what was going on [with the Giants] this year, and there are some things that are similar, for sure,” Lundqvist told The Post after practice Saturday in Tarrytown.