At 5pm today, the NHL buyout period opens. This is the time when all eyes will be on the NY Rangers and Henrik Lundqvist, as a buyout looms. It is expected that the NY Rangers will buyout the last year of Lundqvist’s contract. The question doesn’t appear to be if, but when.
It Won’t Be Immediately
The Rangers won’t buyout Lundqvist as soon as the buyout period opens. They may not even buy him out this weekend. They still have options. There is the second buyout window, which the Rangers will almost assuredly have available to them.