Walker Rangers' Igor Shesterkin Could Aim for Historic Contract After Dominant Playoff Run

[Pete]

6 minutes ago, Blue Heaven said:

Ummmmm Vasilevskiy

 

5 minutes ago, Albatrosss said:

You’re right. Im too drunk to remember 

Kuch LTIR which is oddly the same thing my wife just said to me. 

Edited June 25 by Pete

[Albatrosss]

2 minutes ago, Pete said:

 

Kuch LTIR which is oddly the same thing my wife just said to me. 

You trying to be funny?  Just quit..lol

[Pete]

2 minutes ago, Albatrosss said:

You trying to be funny?  Just quit..lol

I know you get upset when I talk about my wife, with you trying to be more obsessed with me than anyone else on the planet, it's the source of competition. 

[Albatrosss]

10 minutes ago, Pete said:

I know you get upset when I talk about my wife, with you trying to be more obsessed with me than anyone else on the planet, it's the source of competition. 

When it comes to your wife there’s no competition 

[BrooksBurner]

16 minutes ago, Pete said:

 

Kuch LTIR which is oddly the same thing my wife just said to me. 

 

Oops my bad

[Pete]

2 minutes ago, Albatrosss said:

When it comes to your wife there’s no competition 

And when it comes to yours there's no limit to the disappointment

[Pete]

2 minutes ago, BrooksBurner said:

 

Oops my bad

It's clear my wife has no standards, she married me.

[Albatrosss]

2 minutes ago, Pete said:

And when it comes to yours there's no limit to the disappointment

Im a Rangers fan, so you’re not wrong 

[Albatrosss]

5 minutes ago, Pete said:

It's clear my wife has no standards, she married me.

So do most people in your life 

[Pete]

1 minute ago, Albatrosss said:

So do most people in your life 

Thank you, Jay. 

 

Very cool. 

[Albatrosss]

1 minute ago, Pete said:

Thank you, Jay. 

 

Very cool. 

Just think of how boring your life would be if it wasn’t for 3 people in this world— @phil, @BrooksBurner, and myself. 

[Pete]

32 minutes ago, Albatrosss said:

Just think of how boring your life would be if it wasn’t for 3 people in this world— @phil, @BrooksBurner, and myself. 

You spelled "better" wrong 

[Albatrosss]

5 minutes ago, Pete said:

You spelled "better" wrong 

@Phil, you see this?

[Phil]

Quote

It is believed that Shesterkin, entering the final year of his deal on a $5.667-million cap hit, is not feeling pressured to extend before next season begins. League sources have not thrown around any numbers but this one likely will be more about percentage of the salary cap rather than a “we want x-million per” situation.

 

Connor McDavid’s eight-year, $100-million deal, signed in July of 2017, was 16.67 percent of the cap when it began in the 2018-19 season. Carey Price’s eight-year, $84-million extension with the Canadiens, also signed in July of 2017, was 14 percent of the cap for the Canadiens when it kicked in.

 

That 14 percent could very well be the starting point in negotiations for Shesterkin’s camp. Based on a projected $92.4-million cap in 2025-26, that’s $12.94 million. It would be the largest deal for a goalie in NHL history and Drury might pass out if he hears that — unless he’s heard it already.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5590597/2024/06/25/rangers-guentzel-kane-shesterkin/

[BrooksBurner]

35 minutes ago, Phil said:

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5590597/2024/06/25/rangers-guentzel-kane-shesterkin/

Mind numbing number. That’s making it out to the public so the 11.5 per he’ll sign for looks like a bargain for the team and a discount from Igor’s side. Textbook

[Pete]

Do not pay a goalie. 

[SaveByRichter35]

2 hours ago, Phil said:

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5590597/2024/06/25/rangers-guentzel-kane-shesterkin/

[Ozzy]

Too rich for my blood!

[Sharpshooter]

That's crazy. I still have a feeling they're going to do it, though. lol If not, then at least they'll get one more great year from him in a bag year.

[siddious]

Do they not discount the months Igor takes off though? Every year there’s about a month or two where we wanna kill him it seems

[Pete]

I just see all kinds of flags with him. I worry about his durability and mental toughness. He seems to let his emotions overflow and get in his own head. 

 

It's encouraging that he doesn't seem to be in a rush to be extended in July, with the playoffs fresh and everyone's mind. Maybe wait until January and see what's up with the team, if they stink then maybe you just trade him.

 

But what's going to happen between now and that extension is very interesting. Will not having a contract causes play to suffer? If he gets the bag, Is there too much pressure on him with a huge contract? 

 

These are things I didn't worry about with Hank. You knew what was going to be a big number but you knew what you were getting. I just don't think at this point you know what you're getting with Igor. 

[Sharpshooter]

Indeed. It's why one is in the Hall of Fame and one could be one day. Hank was just so damn consistent. How many times, in his prime, did we say he had a bad game, or that he had a bad or mediocre two or three months that Igor has displayed? How about never? In fact, Igor has gotten outplayed for long stretches by both of his most recent backups, Halak and Quick.

[Albatrosss]

2 hours ago, Sharpshooter said:

Indeed. It's why one is in the Hall of Fame and one could be one day. Hank was just so damn consistent. How many times, in his prime, did we say he had a bad game, or that he had a bad or mediocre two or three months that Igor has displayed? How about never? In fact, Igor has gotten outplayed for long stretches by both of his most recent backups, Halak and Quick.

you have short memory.  ask @RichieNextel305 how often Lundqvist had a bad game

[Sharpshooter]

Just now, Albatrosss said:

you have short memory.  ask @RichieNextel305 how often Lundqvist had a bad game

lol Yeah, it happened. All goalies have them, but he really didn't have a two month period where he was mediocre or bad as Shesterkin has had every year.

[Albatrosss]

3 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said:

lol Yeah, it happened. All goalies have them, but he really didn't have a two month period where he was mediocre or bad as Shesterkin has had every year.

Shesty actually deserved his Vezina when he won.  Lundqvist was third in the running the year he won out of pity