Player Discussion Igor Shesterkin (Placed on IR)

[ChicagoBlues]

People are going to be for a wakeup call if Igor goes and you see what it's like to have average goaltending again that is costing the team games left and right.

Actually you won't have to worry because Drury isn't a moron and isn't trading away our best player.

Sammy Blais for Pavel Buchnevich

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Sammy Blais for Pavel Buchnevich

Fair enough.

 

[Rempe73]

 

[DuneGoon84]

 

[broadwayblue]

I ran into Mike Richter in the airport today. Actually twice, as we were on the same flight. I asked him if we were going to lock down Igor. He said "Yes, they have to...they'll storm the building".

 

[Row I Goon]

Greedy Shesty is the best Shesty.

 

[JoeGarelli]

Henrik signed 8.5x6 in 2014.. Cap in 2014 was 69 million. That's 12.3% of cap.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

The best players in the NHL get paid, has nothing to do what position he plays. He will get paid.

 

[Peltz]

The best players in the NHL get paid, has nothing to do what position he plays. He will get paid.

The question is how much though? Is he leaving the team for an extra 500k-750k per year from somewhere else? I'm sure Drury has a stance of how high he's willing to go.

We all know how good he is.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

The question is how much though? Is he leaving the team for an extra 500k-750k per year from somewhere else? I'm sure Drury has a stance of how high he's willing to go.

We all know how good he is.

How good who is Drury or Shesterkin?
Asking for a pedantic jerk?

Henrik signed 8.5x6 in 2014.. Cap in 2014 was 69 million. That's 12.3% of cap.

…a million too much. No cup. Maybe that extra million could have gotten a better player at the TDL to get them the cup?

 

[Atax]

The best players in the NHL get paid, has nothing to do what position he plays. He will get paid.

Then tell him to get the offer in FA and maybe the Rangers will match it. No need to overpay now.

 

[McRanger92]

Yankees let Judge walk to free agency, then got a deal done. No reason the Rangers shouldnt do the same with Igor. The only negotiating tactic either side has at this point, is Igor's play on the ice. If he earns the money, the Rangers will pay him. I firmly believe that. Until then lets win a Cup please.

 

[duhmetreE]

I think 10 is more than fair. 11 is more than enough

I get wanting to max out earnings but the org has to pitch winning above all.

 

[Atax]

Yankees let Judge walk to free agency, then got a deal done. No reason the Rangers shouldnt do the same with Igor. The only negotiating tactic either side has at this point, is Igor's play on the ice. If he earns the money, the Rangers will pay him. I firmly believe that. Until then lets win a Cup please.

Shoot the Yankees did it with Jeter who won multiple championships. I dont blame the guy for wanting to get paid. I know some may want to get some assets back by trading him(if theyre going to let him test FA), but I think giving this core 1 last shot is fine. I think the offer they made was more than fair.

 

[McRanger92]

Shoot the Yankees did it with Jeter who won multiple championships. I dont blame the guy for wanting to get paid. I know some may want to get some assets back by trading him(if theyre going to let him test FA), but I think giving this core 1 last shot is fine.

Trading him and expecting anything positive to come from in it the near term is EA sports fantasyland crap. Ride it out. I'm annoyed with him over rejecting a contract that I wouldnt have liked from the start but he is #OurGuy. He can write his own terms if he wins a Vezina and gets us to a Cup Final or better

 

[Atax]

Trading him and expecting anything positive to come from in it the near term is EA sports fantasyland crap. Ride it out. I'm annoyed with him over rejecting a contract that I wouldnt have liked from the start but he is #OurGuy. He can write his own terms if he wins a Vezina and gets us to a Cup Final or better

I mean if we won a cup, and he was like I want 13 mil a year, Id be like , thanks for the cup, enjoy Columbus. People make comparisons to Carey Price and cap % but goalies dont do 60-70 games anymore. Montreal had 1 good run with Price and then he got injured. They sucked for a decade. No thanks.
11 mil a year is more than fair.

I agree. Ride it out and see what happens. I dont see any reason for further contract negotiations. Let him play motivated if he wants to get paid.

 

[noupf]

Igor rejects the contract at 11m per year and goes and pitches a shut out in game 1. Well played Igor, well played.....

 

[JCProdigy]

Dude's going to pull a Judge, bet on himself and throw up an MVP-like season in his contract year, isn't he? Damn.

 

[ViD]

Russian media reports he rejected the offer because he wants to be the highest paid played on the team. I guess the Rangers need to offer him a cent over what Panarin is making

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Russian media reports he rejected the offer because he wants to be the highest paid played on the team. I guess the Rangers need to offer him a cent over what Panarin is making

He's not the most important player on the team like he thinks he is. And if he is, that's a problem with the Rangers. A goalie should never be the most important player. But Adam Fox and in the regular season Panarin are more important.

 

[Casper The Soy Ghost]

He's not the most important player on the team like he thinks he is. And if he is, that's a problem with the Rangers. A goalie should never be the most important player. But Adam Fox and in the regular season Panarin are more important.

I didn't know that the post season didn't matter.

We'd still make the playoffs without Panarin. Without Shesterkin - Who knows.

All I do know is that Shesty is way more important than Panarin when the playoffs starts.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I didn't know that the post season didn't matter.

We'd still make the playoffs without Panarin. Without Shesterkin - Who knows.

All I do know is that Shesty is way more important than Panarin when the playoffs starts.

If you never score more than 1 or 2 goals because you're pinned in your own zone the goaltender doesn't matter that much.

 

[GAGLine]

Sammy Blais for Pavel Buchnevich

Fair enough.

As much as that trade speaks to Drury's mental capacity, it also points out how hard it is to find a quality replacement. We're still trying to replace him. Maybe Smith will finally fill that void, but he also may not be long for this team. Maybe Perreault will be the guy.

If we let Shesty go, which goalies would be viable replacements? Which current starters on other teams would you want? No matter whom we get, the team will be worse for it.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

As much as that trade speaks to Drury's mental capacity, it also points out how hard it is to find a quality replacement. We're still trying to replace him. Maybe Smith will finally fill that void, but he also may not be long for this team. Maybe Perreault will be the guy.

If we let Shesty go, which goalies would be viable replacements? Which current starters on other teams would you want? No matter whom we get, the team will be worse for it.

Anyone who is good enough to perform well enough behind a solid D and bottom-6. If Drury re-signs Shesty at an astronomical number, then it is in my opinion that that will hinder roster balance, meaning a not good enough bottom-6. And, no, I don't need to post a solution to the goalie problem. That's for Drury and his team to figure out.

The Blues won the Cup, in large part, because it was such a pain in the ass to play against our bottom-6 that year. Pretty much every Cup team needs adequate skill and grit in the bottom-6 and, unfortunately, Drury and co. hasn't been able to identify the right bottom-6 players.

You see a trend here? I am firmly in the camp that would never sign Shesty to such a huge number because it will cause roster imbalance and more frustrating playoff exits.

That's my two bits......could be wrong......

 

[sbjnyc]

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