No one can accuse New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin of not thinking as big as his record-setting contract.
The 2022 Vezina Trophy winner is coming off his worst NHL season; he went 27-29-5 with a 2.86 goals-against average, a .905 save percentage, and five shutouts – although a lot of his struggles had to do with the poor play in front of him on many nights. But as he begins the first season of the eight-year, $92 million contract ($11.5 million average annual value, the most ever for an NHL goalie) he signed last December, Shesterkin has his eyes on hockey’s biggest prize.