Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the Jeff Marek Present on New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin, who’s eligible to signal a contract extension after July 1st.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Marek: “By the best way, early candidate for offseason line of the yr, Igor Shesterkin, “I don’t communicate English,” when he was requested about his contract .
You will have a thought on the Rangers goaltender, both the road or his state of affairs proper now?
Friedman: “We’ve talked lots about this. I feel the Rangers are, are, are gonna need to maneuver this one. I feel they know that Shesterkin has all of the leverage on the earth and their job right here is to place him in a quantity the place they understand he’s most likely both, he most likely deserves to earn extra, however they need to construct a group round him. And I feel that’s what they’re going to attempt to do.
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I’ve heard, I heard from a few people who stated that, you already know, it is a man who has a low-key, fairly humorous humorousness.
Marek: “Yeah.”
Friedman: “And that was a wonderfully on-brand remark for him, proper? In order that they weren’t actually shocked, he simply doesn’t present it publicly a ton.
The, the factor is, is somebody identified to me, and also you’re the one which introduced up Carey Worth who’s $10.5 (million) is, is the important thing quantity right here. In case you have a look at when Carey Worth signed that deal, it was, maintain on I obtained written down right here, proportion of the cap was, was 14%, I imagine.
And so, if you happen to have a look at 14%, it’s, it’s $12 (million) one thing. So I don’t know if it’ll get there however you already know, numerous brokers and groups do have a look at proportion of the cap.
Marek: “Yep.
Friedman: “And so they say that’s the true comparable not the quantity. Brokers try this particularly. Perhaps groups don’t try this as a lot however I feel the groups acknowledge that the brokers try this.
Marek: “Yeah.
Friedman: “So if you happen to’re taking a look at proportion, the cap I feel Worth’s quantity was 14 (%). So if you happen to go to 14 (%), it’ll be the, the projections that everyone’s been given out, the groups and the gamers, are that within the first yr of his deal, the cap might be at $92 (million). So if you happen to go 14% of $92 (million), that numbers in $12 (hundreds of thousands).
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So we’ll see. I imply, once more, nothing is completed till it’s accomplished. It’s negotiation, you progress, you progress the goalposts to learn you. And you already know, like I stated, the the Rangers don’t have the leverage right here, they usually’re gonna need to determine it out. They’re gonna need to get to a degree the place they’ll say, you earned it however we need to win, and we’ll see the place that goes.”
