he should be getting 8.5 top at 7 yrs - just like hellebuyck. that seems fair, considering both haven't made it to the cup finals while the 2 florida goalies actually have won cups. 12 million - hell no!!!
Player Discussion Igor Shesterkin
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None of Lundqvist, Price, Bobrovsky and Vasilevskiy made the SCF when they signed their deals either.
If the cap goes up to the rumored amount in short order ($95+), then I'm absolutely re-signing him to 11-12.
People keep pointing out winning with average goaltending but this team has been reliant on goaltending since the 2005 lockout which is a MAJOR culture change for this team. I don't suddenly expect them to become like the 2010 Blackhawks just because we've reallocated his cap hit to filling out the roster, which is not something I trust Drury to do considering this teams 5v5 and defensive woes.
The bottom will drop out real quick without Igor there, and don't expect another rebuild via blowing up the core either cause we all know that ain't happening either. You'll get a retool with Igor.
Boris Zubov
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So let it drop out so we can retool or rebuild. We already have one boat achor.
what if his best season is in the past. I am nervous giving big money to any goalie and one who is a bit fragile
Igor is a mental little person. Sorry, he is. He is not a goalie you're going to win the cup with. He'll give up some backbreaking goal somewhere down the line.
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Sadly I must agree. The gulf between his best and worst…..yeesh
Bad take. Plenty of goalies who look way worse than Igor did last night and look that way MORE OFTEN win cups.
Breathe.
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He should have taken the 8 year $88m contract at an aav of $11m per season when it was offered.
He is expecting them to offer $12 or $13 million, when he is a 2.91 and a .913? Those numbers don't exactly scream best in the world. If he wants to have a salary to indicate he is the best in the world, than he has to perform at that level.
He is expecting them to offer $12 or $13 million, when he is a 2.91 and a .913? Those numbers don't exactly scream best in the world. If he wants to have a salary to indicate he is the best in the world, than he has to perform at that level.
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I'll fight you all day on this one as I have countless times in the past - he's been the best player in the playoffs in nearly each year he's played. Whether that's worth the contract price is a totally different discussion. (12m is too high in my humble opinion)
But he's definitely able to win a cup if you manage to have a good roster around him. I have zero doubt about that.
If you take price out of the discussion, I would not take any other goalie over him in the league during the playoffs. Not a single one. I prefer him to every other player.
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How do you know he will continue to play at that level in the playoffs when, outside of 21-22, he has not played anywhere close to that level consistently in any of his other regular seasons spanning 175 games? Expecting someone to constantly vastly outperform their regular season output does not seem like a very good expectation to me.
