How excessive will Igor Shesterkin‘s subsequent contact go?
TSN: Pierre LeBrun stated Igor Shesterkin will probably be the highest-paid NHL goalie, topping Carey Worth‘s $10.5 million, the New York Rangers have instructed Shesterkin that they’re okay with that. LeBrun provides that Shesterkin needs to reset the goalie market.
“In the event you consider Sorokin and Hellebuyck and Saros, all below $9 million a yr. The truth is, Saros the freshest of these three offers at $7.74 million a yr. Hellebuyck has received two Vezinas, Shesterkin has received one. Shesterkin’s camp is trying to completely blow previous these three contracts.
The query is, if the Rangers are prepared to go north of $10.5 million, and the deal’s not completed but, the place will this find yourself? Is it $11,12, 13 million? We’ll wait and discover out. Within the meantime, Shesterkin want to get this completed earlier than the common season begins, or else he’ll shelve talks is what he’s telling the Rangers.”
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TSN: From Pierre LeBrun’s early model of Insider Buying and selling on Igor Shesterkin.
“The underside line is that they imagine the cap goes up, which it’s, therefore the proportion of the cap that the will pay gamers goes up. Although different crew across the league are attempting to reduce what they pay goalies, Shesterkin’s camp says not them.”
The Ottawa Senators and Linus Ullmark will speak extension down the highway
TSN: Chris Johnston stated that the Ottawa Senators and the reps for goaltender Linus Ullmark haven’t held any substantive contract extension talks. Ullmark can be a UFA after the season.
“Now, that’s not as a result of they don’t intend to take action. Clearly, Ottawa thinks extremely of the participant. They might like to preserve him, however I believe the technique proper now’s possibly to let this breathe a bit bit, give him time to get snug within the metropolis and together with his new crew, after which broach these contract discussions at someplace weeks or months down the highway.”
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Phil Kessel doesn’t wish to retire but
TSN: Pierre LeBrun stated that Phil Kessel isn’t able to retire from the NHL simply and he’s in search of a PTO if the match is correct.
“And one of many issues that his camp has alerted groups which have referred to as about him is that ‘don’t fear about that ironman streak.’ It’s not going to be a problem. He’s open to a part-time function and never taking part in each sport, and that’s a fairly key departure, I believe, from the previous. So the underside line is, ‘Phil the Thrill’ continues to be open to coming again if the match is correct.”