Are the New York Rangers Hesitant To Pay Igor Shesterkin within the $12 Million Vary?
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet joined NHL Morning Skate on Sirius XM NHL Community Radio with Scott Laughlin and Gord Stellick to debate how the New York Rangers is likely to be hesitant to pay Igor Shesterkin near $1.5 million over Carey Value’s AAV.
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Scott Laughlin: The newest on Shesterkin with the Rangers and the Kevin Weekes report that got here out yesterday (Tuesday), that $88 million has been on the desk and that it’s been turned down to date. Many insiders some time again had the report that the Rangers are prepared to do the dance with the Shesterkin’s camp, however clearly not coming to an settlement, at the very least as of now. Elliotte Friedman, NHL community radio, hockey insider from Rogers, Sportsnet and Hockey Evening in Canada, joins us right here to kick off our quantity three of the present.
And I simply talked about, look, I imply, all of the insiders have been throughout this the final couple of weeks, since Shesterkin type of set that deadline. He needed to get one thing executed earlier than puck dropped tonight towards Pittsburgh. It’s not executed. They’re going forwards and backwards. I imply, what are you able to inform us concerning the negotiations Shesterkin’s camp with the New York Rangers?
Elliotte Friedman: “, I’m not like, I can’t affirm Kevin’s numbers. That doesn’t imply that he’s fallacious. It simply means I haven’t been capable of affirm the numbers particularly. However he’s proper about the truth that, you understand they’re not there proper now. And the one factor I feel is happening right here is that I consider Shesterkin’s representatives have argued, and fairly pretty, that he’s one of the best participant on the workforce, and he ought to be compensated as such now.
Proper now, the highest-paid participant on the workforce is our Artemi Panarin, whose quantity is slightly below 11.7, and if the eight instances 11 provide is appropriate, I feel they’d say, what, he ought to be increased than that and however undoubtedly the theme of it, as Kevin indicated, is appropriate.
So, you understand, I feel that I feel if eight instances 11 was on the desk, it’s decrease than what Shesterkin’s camp thinks is the best quantity. And you understand, I feel the problem right here Scotty is that I don’t know that anyone would argue that Shesterkin is one of the best Ranger or essentially the most precious Ranger. Take your decide, whichever you like. However what that will imply is, you understand, that’s 1.2 million at minimal, greater than the very best goalie ever been paid.
And I feel that’s the place the problem is right here: individuals can’t fathom it, or persons are unwilling to cross that threshold for a goalie. And I feel that’s the place we’re. I don’t assume the Rangers dispute that he ought to be the highest-paid goalie of all time. I don’t assume the Rangers have any downside with giving Shesterkin a giant quantity.
I feel proper now, until it will get bridged at the moment, that there’s a philosophical battle over the place that precise quantity ought to be.”
