TSN: Pierre LeBrun on with Jay Onrait speaking about how fascinating the Igor Shesterkin – New York Rangers scenario is. Shesterkin goes to receives a commission and turn into the highest-paid goaltender in NHL historical past, however how excessive are the Rangers keen to go?
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“This Skesterkin negotiation is likely one of the most fascinating in years for me. And you realize, I delved into my piece in The Athletic and the reason being, the goaltending place has been underneath duress financially, and in some methods philosophically, from NHL entrance places of work during the last a number of years.
, it began with the game science of you realize, primary goalie, you shouldn’t play greater than 55 or 58 video games, proper? And now there’s extra of a sharing of the online. After which there’s a faculty of thought from a number of entrance places of work that say that the goaltending place in at the moment’s sport is essentially the most troublesome to foretell, a repeatable final result. A repeatable efficiency. That the goalie performances come out and in, and so that you shouldn’t allocate fairly as many cap {dollars} to that place.
Who has extra leverage: Jeremy Swayman or the Boston Bruins?
And hear, you’ll be able to actually make an argument for lots of these issues, however Igor Skesterkin and his brokers are saying .928 profession playoff state proportion, 28 years outdated, UFA in a 12 months, no matter. They’re going for it, and so they’re going to get it. And the query is whether or not they’re going to get it with the Rangers or elsewhere.
However there’s little question in my thoughts he’s going to be a double-digit paid goalie. There hasn’t been one since Sergei Bobrovsky received his $10 million a 12 months. Carey Value has the all-time document at 10 and a half million a 12 months.
And the Rangers have communicated, our understanding is to Skesterkin and his camp that they’re keen to pay greater than that 10 and a half million for Carey Value.
So why isn’t it accomplished as we converse? And I can let you know that I checked in with it once more, you realize, on Wednesday night, and it was establishment in that negotiation.
So what’s the quantity that ends this when it comes to getting an extension in entrance of the, what most individuals consider is the most effective goalie on this planet? Is it 11 and a half (million)? Is it 12? Is it 12 and a half? Is it extra and at what level do the Rangers suppose it’s simply an excessive amount of?
Jeremy Swayman and Igor Shesterkin May Lastly Get NHL Goalie Their Truthful Share
Onerous to say. But it surely’s fascinating as a result of this isn’t simply concerning the New York Rangers and their famous person goalie, I believe it’s concerning the goalie place. Normally, it’s the goalies, I believe it’s historic in attempting to place the goalies again on observe financially.”
