Rangers defenseman encourages the New York Rangers organization to pay Igor Shesterkin
Igor Shesterkin started the 2024-2025 NHL season with news of the goalie turning down an $88 Million deal with the Rangers.
This caused a stir in the media, as who in their right mind would turn down such a rich contract? Agent Maxim Moliver and Shesterkin did.
The contract would've made him the highest-paid goalie in the NHL, above legendary Habs goalie Carey Price at $10.5 Million.
But, the tensions remain as the Rangers and Shesterkin haven't settled on the right price yet. As we can speculate Shesterkin wants to be paid more than even Artemi Panarin.
Defenseman Zac Jones, who is currently 6th defenseman on a rotating basis with the Rangers knows, and appreciates Shesterkin's value.
He's stressed recently that the Rangers goalie is worth every penny, and GM Drury should sign him now.
Per Blue Seat Blogs an illustration of how valuable Shesterkin is:
It's hard to argue with how reliable of a netminder Shesterkin is, he's backstopped the Rangers to the playoffs consecutively.
Shesterkin is an elite goalie in the NHL despite the naysayers, I mean they've said the same things about Henrik Lundqvist too.
It's about the team in front too.
Shesterkin can only do so much for the Rangers but gives his all every game.
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