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 Worth’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 keen 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 form of set that deadline. He needed to get one thing completed earlier than puck dropped tonight towards Pittsburgh. It’s not completed. They’re going forwards and backwards. I imply, what are you able to inform us in regards to the negotiations Shesterkin’s camp with the New York Rangers?
Elliotte Friedman: “You understand, I’m not like, I can’t verify Kevin’s numbers. That doesn’t imply that he’s fallacious. It simply means I haven’t been in a position to verify the numbers particularly. However he’s proper about the truth that, you realize they’re not there proper now. And the one factor I feel is occurring right here is that I imagine Shesterkin’s representatives have argued, and fairly pretty, that he’s the very best participant on the staff, and he ought to be compensated as such now.
Proper now, the highest-paid participant on the staff is our Artemi Panarin, whose quantity is just below 11.7, and if the eight occasions 11 supply is appropriate, I feel they’d say, You understand what, he ought to be larger than that and however positively the theme of it, as Kevin indicated, is appropriate.
So, you realize, I feel that I feel if eight occasions 11 was on the desk, it’s decrease than what Shesterkin’s camp thinks is the suitable quantity. And you realize, I feel the problem right here Scotty is that I don’t know that anyone would argue that Shesterkin is the very best Ranger or probably the most precious Ranger. Take your decide, whichever you favor. However what that might imply is, you realize, that’s 1.2 million at minimal, greater than the very best goalie ever been paid.
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And I feel that’s the place the problem is right here: folks can’t fathom it, or individuals are unwilling to cross that threshold for a goalie. And I feel that’s the place we’re. I don’t suppose the Rangers dispute that he ought to be the highest-paid goalie of all time. I don’t suppose the Rangers have any drawback with giving Shesterkin a giant quantity.
I feel proper now, except it will get bridged immediately, that there’s a philosophical battle over the place that precise quantity ought to be.”
