TSN’s Pierre LeBrun has revealed one other wrinkle in the case of the scenario unfolding in New York the place the Rangers have been instructed there’s a restricted window to barter an extension with goaltender Igor Shesterkin. The netminder is trying to “reset the market” on goalies, which suggests he’s not taking a deal and the Rangers should pay as much as retain him.
LeBrun studies that Shesterkin and his camp have checked out comparable contracts for netminders — Connor Hellebuyck, Juuse Saros, and Ilya Sorokin — and he thinks they’re all effectively under what he’s value on a long-term extension. “Igor Shesterkin is trying to blast by means of all three of these contracts,” LeBrun mentioned in a TSN Insider Buying and selling report.
LeBrun provides that the query is, will he do it in a Rangers uniform or on the open market subsequent summer season?
To make issues extra difficult, LeBrun can also be reporting that the Rangers have already instructed Shesterkin’s camp they’re keen to pay him greater than the $10.5 million Carey Value from the Montreal Canadiens, and the deal nonetheless isn’t accomplished.
The place Does That Go away the Rangers and Shesterkin?
Shesterkin needs a brand new proportion of the wage cap and he’s decided to set a brand new high-water mark. Whereas groups have historically seemed to maintain goalie salaries decrease, Shesterkin is out to show some extent that this isn’t honest and he believes it’s as much as him to assist set issues proper. This isn’t excellent news for the Rangers.
Greater than ever, actual doubt is beginning to creep in that Shesterkin is keen to discover free company to get the quantity he’s on the lookout for. And, if the Rangers have provided $10.5 million and so they’ve been turned down, how excessive will they should go?
The identical mentality appears to exist with Jeremy Swayman in Boston. LeBrun notes that Swayman isn’t in the identical class of goaltender, however simply because goalies previously have been capped at a sure quantity, Swayman doesn’t imagine he must observe custom.
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