Why isn lundqvist playing

The 39 year-old future first ballot hall-of-famer signed a one-year deal with Capitals after being bought out by the Rangers. Sadly, it was determined during camp after a series of medical tests that he had to have an Aortic Valve replacement. Together, we have decided that the risk of playing before remedying my condition is too high, so I will spend the coming months figuring out the best course of action. Henrik Lundqvist tried to make a comeback this past April after having open heart surgery.

Bob McKenzie reported that the legendary goalie wants to come back for the upcoming season. The year-old said he had been hoping for better news in a checkup last week in his recovery from surgery in early January to replace a heart valve.

Lundqvist resumed skating at a private rink in Alpine, New Jersey on Feb. I want to compete, and it's going to come down to testing and conversations with the doctors," Lundqvist said. And until then, I just keep grinding, and then we'll see what happens.

After 15 seasons with New York, Lundqvist, whose wins are sixth in NHL history , was expected to compete for Washington's starting goalie job in training camp until he received the news in mid-December that he needed to have a heart valve replaced. Lundqvist had open-heart surgery in early January. He was back on the ice less than two months later, but said in late February he was a long time away from deciding on his future.

In mid-December, he announced a heart condition would prevent him from playing. It looks like you're using an ad blocker. Thank you for supporting our journalism. Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site.