Player Discussion Igor Shesterkin

[HANK30]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1797114666713506297

 

[ReddestRum]

This team or this fanbase doesn't deserve Igor. We've been spoiled on great goalies for so long that they're expected to carry the entire team on their back to near perfection while the guys in front of him coast. A part of me hope he's a Ranger for life, but the other part hopes that someone like Hank talks some sense into him as a goalie in his prime that it's not all about the money, and if this team doesn't give him the support that he needs then he needs to think about himself come UFA time.

 

[Row I Goon]

Yeah - I’ve moved through pain and am now wallowing in anger….

 

[RangersFan1994]

This team or this fanbase doesn't deserve Igor. We've been spoiled on great goalies for so long that they're expected to carry the entire team on their back to near perfection while the guys in front of him coast. A part of me hope he's a Ranger for life, but the other part hopes that someone like Hank talks some sense into him as a goalie in his prime that it's not all about the money, and if this team doesn't give him the support that he needs then he needs to think about himself come UFA time.

The sad part maybe the forwards dont back check on purpose due to the fact they have always relied on their great goaltending. That has to change. Sometimes I wish we had crappy goaltending just so it would make the players work harder defensively. They are too selfish

 

[cheech70]

Rangers’ Igor Shesterkin could aim for historic contract after dominant playoff run

Igor Shesterkin was the Rangers’ best player in the playoffs and that is the way it will have to be if the club hopes to win the Stanley Cup in the foreseeable future.

nypost.com

12m? no way 8-9 is my max....see if Sens bite with Brady as centerpiece...

 

[bicboi64]

non-NYR fan, Shesterkin was otherworldy and a pleasure to watch. Reminded me of Hasek and I hope y'all get a cup for him one day.

 

[bouds]

There's no way I'm paying a GK that much, I dont even want to go to 8m. He's good, but folks, we've gone down that road and come up short because we didnt have the firepower or D to back him up. If our scouting/farm was producing top level forwards and defenders that were cost controlled, sure, why not, but with the club the way it is I can't do that deal.

In fact, if it were up to me, I'm trading Igor and retooling. I'm looking at what we can do over the next two years with this group and the cap the way it is, and I'm just not seeing it, better to retool early than late.

 

[SA16]

Why would we pay 10M when we don't know if he can produce without Allaire?

 

[CasusBelli]

Rangers’ Igor Shesterkin could aim for historic contract after dominant playoff run

Igor Shesterkin was the Rangers’ best player in the playoffs and that is the way it will have to be if the club hopes to win the Stanley Cup in the foreseeable future.

nypost.com

12m? no way 8-9 is my max....see if Sens bite with Brady as centerpiece...

I'd need Brady and Tim / Sanderson to start; we can throw in Trocheck or whatever, and it's still a steep ask, but Igor at peak value and on a very reasonable contract for another year.

There's no way I'm paying a GK that much, I dont even want to go to 8m. He's good, but folks, we've gone down that road and come up short because we didnt have the firepower or D to back him up. If our scouting/farm was producing top level forwards and defenders that were cost controlled, sure, why not, but with the club the way it is I can't do that deal.

In fact, if it were up to me, I'm trading Igor and retooling. I'm looking at what we can do over the next two years with this group and the cap the way it is, and I'm just not seeing it, better to retool early than late.

Sell at peak value if you're not going to win it all. You don't wait for a crap contract or a decline.

 

[huerter]

If you expect a player to carry you to a cup despite all other factors then he should make 20%.

 

[blue425]

12 mil? See ya.

 

[Doctyl]

Igor was a sieve the first half of the season. I love him, but I have no interest in having our goalie be our highest paid player again. It’s a losing recipe.