NEW YORK — Henrik Lundqvist, impeccably dressed as ever, strode to the podium on the Madison Square Garden ice. He gazed up at a crowd that was reveling in a last chance to chant his name just like they always did, and paused before blurting, "I miss you guys."
But the face of the franchise from 2005-20 will never be absent from the Garden again.
A beaming Lundqvist watched as his No. 30 was raised to pinwheeled rafters on Friday night as the 11th Ranger to have his jersey retired.
