Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on the 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Reside From L.A. It’s 32 Ideas episode, on the newest on the New York Rangers and pending UFA goaltender Igor Shesterkin.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Friedman: “And you understand, we must always discuss Shesterkin just a little bit too, as a result of it’s been a giant matter this week. We touched on it final week, that once more, I consider that one of many causes they’ve advised (Jacob) Trouba this can be it, is as a result of they’ve obtained some large extensions to do.
You recognize Shesterkin, I feel they’re going to signal him. I do. I, to me this entire, every little thing that’s come out this week is all in regards to the Rangers saying there’s no must panic right here. We’re signing this participant. We’re making him the highest-paid goaltender within the NHL. We acknowledge his significance to us. We all know he’s the spine of this group. And we’re signing this participant.
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That is now all in regards to the quantity. And, you understand, I don’t know what this quantity goes to be. There’s been a whole lot of reporting it’s going to be $12 (million), $12.5, $11.5.
Finally, the one benefit the Rangers have is that they have the eighth 12 months.”
Bukauskas: “Proper.”
Friedman: “So if Shesterkin doesn’t signal there, he’s going to lose a 12 months at a really large quantity. That’s the one factor the Rangers have of their energy.”
However to me, and this week, every little thing that’s come out this week proves it. They’re signing it. They’re signing it. It’s only a matter of what that quantity goes to be.”
Bukauskas: “As a result of if you happen to’re the Rangers, you’ve obtained to assume you’ve obtained an opportunity of profitable once more this 12 months, as a result of, and with that, not wanting any distraction past what just a little, what you may’t management, has obtained to be an enormous precedence for you, too. To maintain the concentrate on the ice due to what they consider this group is potential, is probably able to doing.”
Friedman: “I don’t assume he’d be bothered by it. I imply, you’re proper. Like, to me, it’s harder if you happen to’re in Canada, like, despite the fact that New York is the largest media market in North America and one of many greatest on the planet, I don’t assume a participant like Shesterkin, who, you understand, he’s not a kind of guys who talks every single day. He’s not a kind of guys who performs every single day, despite the fact that he performs a ton. And, you understand, if it was Aaron Choose, it might be in every single place every single day. It’s not fairly that for Shesterkin within the States, as it might be if he performed in Canada.
I don’t assume he’s going to be a man I could possibly be confirmed to be completely mistaken. I don’t assume he’s a man that’s going to be bothered by this and I and you understand, The opposite factor too is, I at all times keep in mind (Sergei) Bobrovsky, his first large deal in Columbus he advised them he wasn’t going to speak in the course of the season, after which he signed a giant extension, like in December.
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So I at all times assume {that a} group can go to an agent and say, ‘Look, I do know you mentioned you gained’t discuss to us in the course of the 12 months, however we predict we will get this achieved now.’ And so, I feel in Shesterkin’s head, the agent might inform us, Shesterkin, we’re not speaking in the course of the 12 months, go focus, and you may say, all proper. That doesn’t imply the group can’t go, after which the agent can come to the participant later and say, guess what, ‘The group’s able to make a deal’ after which the participant will do it. So I at all times keep in mind that Columbus-Bobrovsky factor.
However once more to me. This entire state of affairs reeks of the Rangers are doing this, it’s only a matter of what the quantity is.”
