Do the Rangers need to pay $12 million a year to ensure that Igor Shesterkin remains in New York for the next 5-8 years?
, if they win the Cup with Stuart Skinner in net a year after Vegas won it with Adin Hill, you tell me: Do the RangersThis wasn’t going to be a Shesterkin column, I promise. It was going to be about how Connor McDavid has ascended to the rarefied air of skating in a league of his own. It has been decades since an individual owned the uppermost tier unto himself without room for reasonable debate.
I’m not getting into stats here. There will be time for that. There is a larger issue, though, for GM Chris Drury and the ownership to consider. The Oilers’ goaltender carries a $2.6M cap hit. The Golden Knights’ goaltender a year ago carried a $2.175M cap hit. Who won the year before? Right, Colorado with Darcy Kuemper at a $4.5M cap charge.
The Devils’ Michael McLeod and Cal Foote, the Flyers’ Carter Hart and the Flames’ Dillon Dube were all placed on non-roster leaves of absence after surrendering to the authorities in late January. They all, though, are pending restricted free agents and are due qualifying offers by June 30. There are obviously cap implications if qualifiers are extended and accepted. There are free agent implications if qualifiers are not extended.
The excuse for endless replays is that getting it right is paramount, regardless of the tangential damage it does to the experience.
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