The New York Rangers are set to make goaltender Igor Shesterkin the highest-paid participant at his place in NHL historical past. The Rangers and Shesterkin have agreed to an eight-year contract extension with a median annual worth of $11.5 million, experiences ESPN’s Kevin Weekes and Emily Kaplan.
With that annual wage, Shesterkin will overtake left wing (and main scorer) Artemi Panarin because the Rangers’ highest-paid participant. Panarin makes $11.6 million per season as a part of a seven-year, $81.5 million deal he agreed to in 2019.
Carey Price was beforehand the highest-paid goalie in league historical past, with a median annual wage of $10.5 million as a part of his eight-year, $84 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens, signed in 2018.
Shesterkin, 28, is in his sixth season with the Rangers and the final 12 months of a four-year contract that pays him $5.66 million per 12 months. He and the crew have been negotiating because the offseason, trying to work out a brand new deal earlier than Shesterkin grew to become a free agent.
He was the crew’s fourth-round choice (No. 118 total) within the 2014 NHL Draft from SKA St. Petersburg in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League.
You’ve acquired to be kidding me with this save by Shesterkin.
The change of path after sliding to his proper. The stretch. Grabbing the puck proper off the objective line.
Unbelievable pic.twitter.com/L0BBFfcTSd
— Jesse Granger (@JesseGranger_) December 28, 2022
This season, Shesterkin has an 8-9-1 document in 18 video games with a 3.05 goals-against common and .908 save share. For his profession, he is compiled a 143-68-18 document with a 2.48 GAA and .920 save share.
Shesterkin had his greatest season through the 2021-22 marketing campaign by which he completed with a 36-13-4 document and led the NHL with a 2.07 GAA and .935 save share. He was awarded the Vezina Trophy, given to the league’s greatest goaltender.
The Rangers are at present fourth within the Metropolitan Division with a 13-10-1 document and 27 factors. They maintain the eighth spot within the Jap Convention by share factors over the Philadelphia Flyers and one level forward of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
New York just traded defenseman and crew captain Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks. Clearing Trouba’s $8 million wage off the payroll could have helped get the cope with Shesterkin achieved.
