NHL free agency begins on Oct. 9, and Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning has yet to make a final decision on goalie Jacob Markstrom.
The 30-year-old Markstrom was instrumental in helping Vancouver end a five-year playoff drought in 2019-20. But his age has to be a concern to Benning, considering how many big-named and expensive goalies tend to regress once they’re on the wrong side of 30.
Take the case of Henrik Lundqvist, the longtime face of the New York Rangers.
On Tuesday, the Rangers announced that they had bought out the final season of Lundqvist”s contract, sending the 38-year-old to free agency.