Igor Shesterkin # 31 from the New York Rangers heads for the ice to warm up before the match against the Devils of New Jersey at Madison Square Garden on December 2, 2024 in New York. (Photo by Jared Silber / NHLI via Getty Images)
(Jared Silber via Getty Images)
THE New York Rangers are ready to make the goalkeeper Igor Shesterkin The best paid player in his position in the NHL history. The Rangers and Shesterkin accepted an extension of an eight -year contract with an average annual value of $ 11.5 million, reports Kevin Weekes of ESPN and Emily Kaplan.
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With this annual salary, Shesterkin exceeds the left wing (and the top scorer) Artemi Panarin Like the highest paid player of Rangers. Panarin did $ 11.6 million per season as part of an 81.5 million dollar agreement over seven years which he accepted in 2019.
Carey price was previously the best paid goalkeeper in the history of the League, with an average annual salary of $ 10.5 million as part of his $ 84 million contract over eight years with the Montreal CanadiansSigned in 2018.
Sheterkin, 28, is in his sixth season with the Rangers and the last year of a four -year contract which pays him $ 5.66 million per year. He and the team have been negotiating since the offseason, trying to conclude a new agreement before Shesterkin became a free agent.
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It was the selection of the fourth round of the team (n ° 118 in total) in the draft of the NHL 2014 of SKA St. Petersburg in Russia Kontinental Hockey League.
This season, Shesterkin has an 8-9-1 file in 18 games with an average of 3.05 goals and a safeguard percentage of 0.908. For his career, he compiled a record of 143-68-18 with a GAA of 2.48 and a percentage of stops of 0.920.
Sheterkin had his best season during the 2021-222 campaign during which he finished with a record of 36-13-4 and led the NHL with a GAA of 2.07 and a percentage of stops of 0.935. He received the Vezina trophy, given to the best goalkeeper in the League.
The Rangers are currently fourth in the metropolitan division with a file of 13-10-1 and 27 points. They hold eighth place at the Eastern Conference by percentage points on the Philadelphia flyers And a point in advance on the Pittsburgh penguins.
New York has just exchanged Defender and team captain Jacob Trouba At Ducks Anaheim. The compensation for the salary of $ 8 million from Trouba on the payroll may have helped to conclude the agreement with Shesterkin.
