Rumor: Per Kevin Weekes. Shesterkin rejects NYRs $88M / 11M AAV offer

[miscs75]

This is kind of a ridiculous way to frame paying a fringe Top 5 player in the league because he's on the same team as the best player since Gretzky/Lemieux...

I just want the Rangers to outdo Toronto with the cap allocation. Use max contracts on 4 then watch it all implode.

 

[NJ DevLolz]

Let’s get this guy to 13. Anything over 10 is brutal lmao

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

A bit odd that the Rangers went to the press this early in things.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

I think that makes it pretty clear he doesn’t want to sign there

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Get Grier on the phone. Who else can afford 12M and build a reasonable roster around it in a way that lets them “park the barge” first and then “bring the small motorboats” in so no one gets killed?

Shesty + for Askarov in a sign & trade. Askarov gets thrown into the NHL and Igor gets paid without forcing anyone to dismantle their roster/cap structure. Everyone wins.

The likes of Anaheim/Buffalo/Columbus/Detroit/Montreal/Ottawa/Utah all have their cores either locked up cheap/market or on ELCs and could make it work over the next 2-3 years while the cap inflates.

SHOULD they? Maybe not. But doesn't mean they can't.

 

[Washed Up 29YearOld]

LOL, I'd take Shesterkin at 11M than Nylander or Marner. "Fantastic skater" lol. Gets you nowhere.

Woll looks like he could be a stud and would be much cheaper.

 

[Taluss]

Don't like this. But don't feel like Rangers have much advantage here. Everyone's getting older, your contending now. Picks and prospects won't help in a trade. Kinda just got to accept the shitty situation and hope the Rangers can make something out of it

 

[NJ DevLolz]

I think that makes it pretty clear he doesn’t want to sign there

Agreed. He’s probably sick of carrying them and wants to join a team with an actually elite roster. All he had to do was take a look at how Lundqvist wasted his career there

 

[JPT]

i mean you can say every position in football is that then, unless youre deion sanders

Every other position will play less since they'll be rotated in and out depending on the play call.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Let’s get this guy to 13. Anything over 10 is brutal lmao

It's really not, but OK.

 

[AirGut]

Agreed. He’s probably sick of carrying them and wants to join a team with an actually elite roster. All he had to do was take a look at how Lundqvist wasted his career there

>sick of carrying them and wants to join a team with an actually elite roster
Name a team with an "elite roster" that can contend for a Cup AND pay a 12M franchise tender right now

 

[WarriorofTime]

I would agree with this, and yet agents have continued to let young players sign 7-8 year deals at market rates rather than taking bridges and maximizing value like you'd think they should.

Many young guys are really eager to get long-term contracts in place. They want to know they have financial security locked up, are likely a bit more on the risk averse side of things financially and want stability in knowing where they're spending the next 8 years.

Frankly, a lot of the young guys are making Negative EV moves to not bet on themselves more. Auston Matthews gets it and is willing to take small risks for more upside. He's likely going to make a lot more money when his career is done.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

If the Rangers were to trade Shesterkin, they would get a haul. Wonder who could afford Shesterkin on a new term. I bet $12.5M x 8 and he signs. Richest goalie contract in NHL history?

No they wouldn't goalis never get a haul.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Jacob Trouba makes 8 million dollars a year on a deal signed in 2019. Why is this crazy?

The Rangers aren’t much without Igor, so they don’t have much of a choice.

 

[jackjohnson]

he's probably the most important player on the Rangers and he's at the very top of the goaltending ladder right now but realistically what team is paying him much more than that? What team says they are only a $12.5 million dollar goaltender (over 7 years) away from the cup?

No team will pay him 12 mil per year. Not even in KHL, so he will sign for 11 mil or nothing

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

No team will pay him 12 mil per year. Not even in KHL, so he will sign for 11 mil or nothing

If you don't think Igor could get $12M on the UFA market, I have a bridge to sell you.

There is always one GM. Always.

 

[jackjohnson]

No one else is going to pay him more than 12.5/yr, so if I was the Rangers, this would be my final offer. Which, in the end, he will take.

Rangers GM:

 

[Suntouchable13]

If you don't think Igor could get $12M on the UFA market, I have a bridge to sell you.

There is always one GM. Always.

I think it's a smart investment for once. But no, let's spend that money on an overrated soft skater instead.

 

[WarriorofTime]

No team will pay him 12 mil per year. Not even in KHL, so he will sign for 11 mil or nothing

Draisaitl just got $14 million for a contract that kicks in at same time. There is of course some risk given the positional volatility of goaltending, but he can wait it out and count on another good start to the season to indicate he should be paid closer to other top players.

 

[yzerman]

That is an insult to all Rangers fans and the organisition Trade that greedy son of a bitch

 

[wintersej]

I think this is the issue.

Swayman you are unproven you are only 25 take a short term cheap deal to prove yourself or take 8x8.

Shesterkin you are older you can't be worth this number after you proved yourself.

Panarin is at 11.6

Shesterkin is more important than Panarin so he should be expecting more. 11.7 or 11.8 for 8 years

The aging curve of goalies and UFA status timing just makes it a lot weirder than skaters. So most of the guys took bridges to get to “more proven”. But then, yes, it’s a risky contract because all these guys like Saros, Helly and Shesty are 29 when getting a new deal. Goalies can age better, but are also more prone to an injury. Swayman’s deal has its own set of risks because he isn’t proven yet because goalies at 25 rarely have a body of work to point to. It’s going to be interesting how it all plays out.

 

[VanIsle]

This is hilarious, in the Swayman thread I had this quote.



The best part is that this is over and this thread will slowly sink while something new and annoying will go to the top.

Hooray.........

 

[jackjohnson]

If you don't think Igor could get $12M on the UFA market, I have a bridge to sell you.

There is always one GM. Always.

12 Million where? Columbus? so you would take 12 mil to play in 3rd world place columbus or 11 million to live in Manhattan or upper side NY with a contender team that will make you more due to sponsorships and media coverage? No other teams i can see will off that, especially none of the playoff teams

 

[Curufinwe]

LOL
How can you have that high of an AAV for a guy who sits on the bench for 30 games?????

Shesterkin was on the ice for 3,277:06 last season. The next highest on the team was Trocheck at 1,759:17.

 

[jackjohnson]

Draisaitl just got $14 million for a contract that kicks in at same time. There is of course some risk given the positional volatility of goaltending, but he can wait it out and count on another good start to the season to indicate he should be paid closer to other top players.

Draisaitl is one of the top 5 players in the league, and probably top 3. Shesterkin is not a top 5 player and goalies dont ever get max contracts like franchise centers.