Scumbag Shesterkin rejects 8 y, 88 million offer.

No problem trading this douchebag for the mother load. Cousins, Luukkonen, Benson, Ostlund and a number 1. Get it done. Sign and trade for Sabres.

 

As I have been saying, if he wants more than $11M tops Drury cannot do it. It is too much for a goalie, and you won't be able to put together a deep talented team around him. You can get a very good goalie for $6M +/- and use the savings elsewhere. I knew this was going to be a tough one as indications were Igor wanted $12M. Absolute tops should be what the Rangers offered if true - exactly $11M, not one penny more or he must be traded.

Last I checked, the Rangers didn't win a Cup with Hank and haven't won a Cup with Igor, I think the team cannot win a Cup with another goalie as well. Who knows, maybe spreading the money around a bit more rather than spending a ton on a stud goalie will work out better for this franchise.

 

Crazy that he would turn down that money, he shouldn't even get that much. Win a title and then come see me. They should not tie up that amount of money on him.

 

If they aren't going to sign him, then trade him now. You can't lose him for nothing.

 

Geez...should be an interesting year!

 

What team does Igor think is going to pay more than $11+ per year? Let him test the market, get a dose of reality then come back to the Rangers with his hat in his hands and hope the generous offer the Rangers gave him still stands.

 

Even with the cap going up I can't see him getting $13 anywhere. I'm a little surprised at him, I thought he was all about NYC and following his idol HL. Puts a little more pressure on him during the year, which may not be great for the teams fortunes too.

 

Good for the Rangers. As good as he is fuck him. I said it before I am not paying another goalie billions of dollars. You don’t need a goalie to be the highest paid player on the team to win the cup.

 

Tough to argue with anything said here. $11M/yr is an insane amount of money for a goalie. Let's hope in the end he is doing the Rangers a favor by not taking that offer.

 

i doubt you are going to get as much in one thinks by trading him this year...especially after seeing him reject the rangers offer

 

I’d let the league know he’s available and take the highest offer if it makes sense

 

Rangers have no leverage....telling the league hey...we dont want him anymore...and he is looking to be the highest goaltender in the league is lowering his value....maybe Drury had some feelers out there already before making their offer....cause now..the return just got a lot less

 

Bullshit. Any team who has crap goaltending will be sucking Drury's rod to get him. Will have to be a sign and trade. Ottawa, Buffalo, Edmonton, Detroit to name just a few.

 

Getting something is better than him walking for nothing. I am not surprised at all, rumors were he wanted $12M per.

Once again, look at what the Rangers have tried. They had Hank with a big cap hit, didn't win a Cup. They have not won a Cup with Igor, and now to make matters worse he'll have a huge cap hit. We have been there done that, and it hasn't worked.

There is very little precedent for teams winning with a Cup with a huge cap hit goalie, Bob last season was maybe the first. Look at TB, after Vas signed his huge deal, they had one top season as their team was already signed and locked in, but after that one season with his huge cap hit the team broke apart and they haven't won. Not a coincidence IMO.

In general, I think having a goalie with a huge cap hit is not a winning formula for a complete team (only hope is if you hit on guys who are trying to reboot their career and prove something - Reinhart for example and you have very good young kids for cheap). I simply don't think you need a goalie with a huge AAV. Considering he is here already and a big part of the team I think you had to try and make a reasonable exception for Igor. $11M was pushing it, and not a good thing, if he won't even take that you have to move on.

My guess is the Rangers are F'd on this one, and Igor will get 8-years $11.5M to $12M per, and we will continue to not win a Cup as that is not the formula for building a complete team. I would trade him, but I don't think Drury has the balls to do it, so we'll have more Hank/Igor years with a great goalie with a huge cap hit, an incomplete team, and zero Cups.

 

Like they were saying on the NHL network last night, you kind of have to treat him as a 'player' and not a 'goalie' when factoring things in. With the cap going up, $12m is probably about the right rate for a top flight guy. They will have Laf, Miller and a few others to deal with but with the cap going to 92 i think they should probably go to 12 and try and make it work around him. It will be tough to find a guy to come in and help this core on it's last few legs to get over the hump. They just likely won't be able to sign any FA of note.

 

I don't buy it, he is a goalie, not a player/skater. As I mentioned, there is almost zero precedence for a team winning the Cup with a huge cap hit goalie, not to mention we have tried it for years and have not won. I think it will all be moot anyway, because Drury unfortunately will cave, and Igor will get $11.5 to $12M per I expect.

 

Wrong as usual. Bobrovsky made 10 million last year. Thanks for playing.

 

Fox is 27, his NTC kicks in next year, now is the time to trade him.