Igor Shesterkin and the Rangers will proceed to speak after the rejected provide
TSN: Pierre LeBrun when requested about New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin, and Kevin Weekes‘ report of Shesterkin rejecting an eight-year, $88 million provide.
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I’m instructed the Stanley Cup contending & cap spending @NYRangers provide of $88M / 11M AAV has been rejected by G Shesterkin.
Igor has rejected the best Goalie contract in @NHL historical past from #NYR . #HockeyX pic.twitter.com/assw8DGUH1— Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) October 8, 2024
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LeBrun stated that he couldn’t affirm the precise quantity, however that it might have made him the highest-paid goalie within the league.
“You realize, it’s necessary to notice for a pair causes. Primary, as we’ve talked a few couple weeks in the past, there’s this unofficial deadline that, you already know, Shesterkin could not need to negotiate through the season. So, there’s a little bit of stress right here to try to get it accomplished earlier than the Rangers’ season opener on Thursday night time.”
Talks will proceed between the edges and there will likely be backwards and forwards. Thursday isn’t a tough deadline. When and wherever Shesterkin indicators, he’ll be, be the best paid at over $11 million a season.
Jake Oettinger probably not in a rush to signal a contract extension
TSN: Pierre LeBrun was requested in regards to the trickle-down impact of Jeremy Swayman‘s eight-year, $66 million deal, and what it’d imply for somebody like Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger.
The 25-year-old Oettinger is a pending RFA after the season. Contract talks haven’t gotten severe and the edges could also be ready to see how the season performs out first.
“I do assume Jim Nill, the Stars GM, will most likely need to handle this sooner or later through the season. However, my sense is, Jake Oettinger’s camp, led by agent Ben Hankinson, they’re most likely not in an enormous rush. I imply, Jake Oettinger has an opportunity to place up an incredible yr right here, give himself much more leverage in talks. He’s obtained the Swayman deal in his again pocket now, so maybe this goes to after the season.”
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Wyatt Johnston is one other pending RFA that the Stars are going to should have contract talks with.
