Toward the end of Henrik Lundqvist’s tenure, many in Rangerland started dreaming on the arrival of “the Czar”, which oddly enough never took as a nickname for Igor Shesterkin, the Rangers new $22.6m starting goaltender. The Blueshirts locked up Shesterkin to a shiny, new four-year deal with an AAV of $5.65m, carrying the young Russian through his age 28-29 season. I know I’ve been a bit derelict in my goaltending analysis, as of late; so, I figured what better time to dive into the finer points of Shesterkin’s style?
Over the course of this analysis, I’ll give my .