Though Igor Shesterkin is the highest-paid goalie in NHL history, with an average annual value of $11.5 million, he’s coming off a down season by his lofty standards. In fact, the New York Rangers No. 1 netminder has seen his goals-against average rise, and save percentage drop, for each of the past three seasons. And it’s possible that no team in the League is more dependent on its goalie in order to contend for a playoff berth than the Rangers.
Oddly, though, Shesterkin flew almost completely under the radar during this just-completed training camp and preseason.