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Prospect Info: 2014 NHL Draft / Pick #118 - Igor Shestyorkin (G) - Part III

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Shutout no 7 of the season for Czar Igor. Great game for him but he seemed to be struggling with a minor injury late in the game. Should not be too serious.

 
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FWIW, Pronman has him as the top goalie prospect in the world
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Button had him ranked 10th on his list too. His KHL resume at this point has clearly shown he's a world-class goaltender in Europe, and he really has nothing left to prove there. I can't wait until we finally get him to cross the pond.
 
He has allowed a goal on ten shots today. Guy on Minsk came down the wing, cut across to the slow slot and fired one over Igor's glove. Not the hardest shot but very well placed and from a dangerous range. No fault to Igor.
 
Yea Igor plays on a good team, but he has still made some very decent improvements in his stats from last year to this year:

2018 season: 28GP | .933 save % | 1.70 gaa | 7 SO
2019 season: 23GP | .947 save % | 1.22 gaa | 8 SO

It would be an asbsolute slap in the face if he isn't the starting goalie this year in the playoffs after sitting on the bench for most of the playoffs the last few seasons. It's his turn, not the goalie who just was signed in the offseason whose stats are worse than his.


Also, went unreported here but he was named Goalie of the week last week. He's won that award 6 times in his career, 2nd most out of any goalie.
 
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Yea Igor plays on a good team, but he has still made some very decent improvements in his stats from last year to this year:

2018 season: 28GP | .933 save % | 1.70 gaa | 7 SO
2019 season: 23GP | .947 save % | 1.22 gaa | 8 SO

It would be an asbsolute slap in the face if he isn't the starting goalie this year in the playoffs after sitting on the bench for most of the playoffs the last few seasons. It's his turn, not the goalie who just was signed in the offseason whose stats are worse than his.


Also, went unreported here but he was named Goalie of the week last week. He's won that award 6 times in his career, 2nd most out of any goalie.
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A month ago and Hellberg had superior stats. It's been back-and-forth all year. I would think that based on his service to the team Shesterkin should be given the nod, regardless of the stats at the end of the season. But, it will probably be a timeshare, if Hellberg isn't the primary starter. Hellberg can be a long term option for SKA and Shesterkin is gone, so they don't care about slaps in the face. They'll go with whoever they think gives them the best chance, I'm sure, and so far they seem to think it's pretty even (I disagree but I'm just some guy, LOL).
 
The Crypto Guy said:
Yea Igor plays on a good team, but he has still made some very decent improvements in his stats from last year to this year:

2018 season: 28GP | .933 save % | 1.70 gaa | 7 SO
2019 season: 23GP | .947 save % | 1.22 gaa | 8 SO

It would be an asbsolute slap in the face if he isn't the starting goalie this year in the playoffs after sitting on the bench for most of the playoffs the last few seasons. It's his turn, not the goalie who just was signed in the offseason whose stats are worse than his.


Also, went unreported here but he was named Goalie of the week last week. He's won that award 6 times in his career, 2nd most out of any goalie.
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He has great stats, they're at video game levels. He has more than likely earned the playoff starter role. I am not putting much credence into those stats for the purposes of saying he will be a super star or not. I just hope when he comes over from the KHL, he can be at the very least a capable back up.
 
Regarding the stats--they look phenomenal. However, it should be kept in context. And this is no knock on Igor--he's at or near the top in pretty much everything. But this isn't like Tim Thomas posting the .938 SV% that one year for Boston.

There is a guy, Lars Johansson, who was a decent-to-good goaltender in the Allsvenkan and SHL. He currently leads the league with a .954 SV% and 0.98 GAA in 20 games. Igor is second with a .947 SV% in 24 games. The Avtomobilist goalie, who has played 41 games, is third at .944. Sorokin, who splits time with Johansson, is at .942 in 33 games with a 1.17 GAA. Then Magnus Hellberg is fifth, at .937 in 26 games. All of those players have between 7-9 shutouts each. They all play for the top three teams in the league. The KHL is absurdly top-heavy (why I always question when people say it's "way better than" certain other leagues) and the numbers of the guys on the top teams are a bit skewed.

However, even if you look beyond those five, there are still 11 guys with a SV% over .930 and 21 guys over .920. Nine guys have a GAA of 2.00 or under. There are ten guys with five shutouts or more. Just to contrast, the NHL has two players with a SV% at or over .930 (.930 and .931) and only eight guys at or above .920. Only Fleury has more than five shutouts--no one else has more than three. Most KHL teams have played about 2-4 more games than most NHL teams, but that obviously won't change much.

Again, this isn't a knock on Igor. He is clearly one of the best goaltenders in the KHL, even if his numbers are somewhat inflated playing for SKA (just like Sorokin and those others I listed). I just feel like some people see the raw numbers and not the context, which is that the KHL produces stupid goaltending numbers, especially among the guys on the top teams. I don't want people to expect Igor to come over and start post like a .930, 1.80 line in the next couple years; if he does that's awesome, but don't expect it because the KHL is a weird league.
 
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