After the New York Rangers traded Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks, the organization signed franchise goaltender Igor Shesterkin to an eight-year, $92 million extension.
**Urgent News**
Along with our partners @emilymkaplanwe are told @NYRangers agreed to an 8-year contract extension somewhere between $11.5-12 AAV with G Shesterkin. HockeyX #NYR @espn pic.twitter.com/I4YBIWcWPb– Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) December 6, 2024
Igor Shesterkin's salary reached $11.5 million, making him the highest paid goaltender in NHL history, surpassing Carey Price's $10.5 million.
Igor Shesterkin 8 x 11.5M by NYR
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) December 6, 2024
The guards used Trouba's salary to pay Shesterkin the money he wanted. The Rangers and GM Chris Drury knew they had to pay Shesterkin whatever he wanted, given the team's performance before him. They relied heavily on him to win games especially in the playoffs.
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Shesterkin was eligible to sign an extension as of July 1, as he was in the final year of a four-year, $22.67 million contract with an AAV of $5.67 million. Earlier in the season, he declined an eight-year extension with an AAV of $11 million.
Igor Shesterkin, added for 8x$11.5M by NYR, is the goalie. #NYR pic.twitter.com/TnAHsS9jHh
– JFresh (@JFreshHockey) December 6, 2024
While in New York, Shesterkin took the Rangers to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, won the Vezina Trophy and was named the League MVP Hart Trophy.
Shesterkin has a 2.48 goals against average and a .920 save percentage for his career. This season for the Rangers, he has an 8-9-1 record with a 3.05 GAA and a .908 save percentage.
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He's taking it to another level in the playoffs with a 2.41 GAA and a .928 save percentage.
As a TSN Hockey analyst, Jamie McLennan said Shesterkin is one of the top eight goal scorers in the NHL. You know you get paid like that.
Highest-paid active NHL players with Shesterkin's new extension:
1. Igor Shesterkin $11.5M
2. Sergei Bobrovsky $10M
3. Andrei Vasilevskiy $9.5M
4. Connor Hellebuyck $8.5M
T5. Ilya Sorokin $8.25M
T5. Jeremy Swayman $8.25M
T5. Jake Oettinger $8.25M
T5. Linus Ullmark $8.25M– Jesse Granger (@JesseGranger_) December 6, 2024
Night Cap Recap
Igor Shesterkin Extended by the New York Rangers #nyr pic.twitter.com/0W2iOhIXQp
— Jim Biringer (@JimBiringer) December 6, 2024
With Shesterkin and Trouba out of the way, what's the next step for GM Chris Drury? Can he go back with the Anaheim Ducks to Frank Vatrano? What about Kaapo Kakko?
Things have settled down, at least for now, but it feels like the Rangers aren't done yet.
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