Have Talks Down Between The Rangers And Igor Shesterkin?
It looks like things have gone quiet for Igor Shesterkin in terms of contract negotiations. We know Shesterkin wants to be the highest paid goaltender in the NHL. That is not a secret.
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Shesterkin continues to play well in the final year of his contract and can get whatever he wants from the Rangers or on the open market. The guards want to keep him and he wants to stay. So, what was going on between the two sides as everything became public before the start of the season?
Season Four's Dave Pagnotta was on Sirius XM NHL Network Radio with Steve Kouleas and Martin Biron and was asked what's up with Igor Shesterkin and the New York Rangers since things have suddenly gone quiet there.
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Steve Kouleas: “What's the latest on Igor Shesterkin, anything? It is very quiet on the Eastern Front.”
Dave Pagnotta: “Yeah, it was very quiet. And I think, partly by design. I mean, everybody hit the brakes and (Kevin) Weekes had a report there, and then they got (Alexis) Lafreniere last year, sorry, locked in his extension.
They have Shesterkin. They have K'Andre Miller too. So they have money to distribute. It's just a matter of how they're going to break it up. I'm sure they've also been very open about the fact that the lines of communication will remain open.
But in terms of any pull, everyone has very tight lips, which, depending on how you look at it, can mean, oh, maybe they're hunting down to do something, and they want everything zipped up, or there's not much progress or a slow pull.
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I mean, until somebody talks or says something to anybody, it's kind of like you have to, you have to wait. And I think, it's kind of speculative to some degree, but there's no question that he's very important to the New York Rangers. It's just a matter of getting that number out. I still think it will be around that 12 million AAV mark. That's what he pushed for.
Let's see. I think a lot of that depends on the words. I saw a situation where they didn't reach 8, but you can see it in the games as well.”
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