Henrik Lundqvist would count $8.5M against cap if he remains a Ranger. If they buy him out it is $5.5M, but consider that most or all of that $3M would be going to Georgiev.

Almost better to keep him for a year, get value for Georgiev in young players, picks etc. Unless there is a team who would trade for Hank with salary retained. Then there& #39;s him "retiring" and going to Sweden.

TL/DR: with no amnesty buyout, makes little sense to buyout Hank IMO.

They are in a tough spot, and then there& #39;s how they manage DeAngelo/Strome situations, which aren& #39;t going to be easy.