Rangers, goaltender Igor Shesterkin agree to four-year deal

The New York Rangers have made a big funding of their goaltending state of affairs — the primary since shifting on from Henrik Lundqvist. Rangers basic supervisor Chris Drury introduced on Monday that the crew has agreed to a four-year contract with goaltender Igor Shesterkin.

Whereas the phrases weren’t disclosed within the announcement, the New York Post is reporting that Shesterkin’s new contract may have a $5.6 million average-annual-value.

Shesterkin is coming off of a season wherein he put collectively a 16-14-3 file to associate with a 2.62 goals-against-average and a .916 save proportion in 35 video games. The 25-year previous goalie has appeared in 47 profession NHL video games through the previous two seasons with the Rangers.

The Russian netminder was initially chosen within the fourth spherical of the 2014 NHL Draft. With this new deal, Shesterkin is cemented because the crew’s netminder following the Henrik Lundqvist period. 

Shesterkin and fellow goalie Alexandar Georgiev will probably function the crew’s two netminders for the 2021-22 season. Georgiev had an 8-7-2 file and a 2.71 goals-against-average final season as he shared the goaltending duties with Shesterkin.

The Rangers underwent a regime change within the offseason, as head coach David Quinn was fired and changed by former Vegas Golden Knights head coach Gerard Gallant. As well as, the crew shook up the entrance workplace by firing John Davidson and Jeff Gorton and tabbed Drury because the president and basic supervisor.