Igor Shesterkin

Quick Signs One-Year, $825,000 Deal with the Blueshirts

For goaltender Jonathan Quick, what happened on July 1st for him is most likely a dream come true. The Milford, CT native signed a one-year, $825,000 deal with the team he grew up rooting for, the New York Rangers, on the first day of free agency. According to Mollie Walker of The New York Post, […]

Rangers and Gallant Agree to Part Ways

What a strange two years this has been for the New York Rangers. Last year, the team came within two wins of reaching the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2014. This was after a regular season in which they were the seventh-best team in the league, thanks to a 52-24-6 record and […]

The Rangers Did This to Themselves

It was not supposed to end this way for the New York Rangers. After adding Patrick Kane to an already loaded offense, the Blueshirts and their fans were dreaming of winning the Stanley Cup, and rightfully so. Sure, it would take some work to make it happen, but after what they accomplished in last year’s […]

Rangers Have X-Factor in Shesterkin for Game 7 Against the Devils

Every single series in the Stanley Cup playoffs has one player that can win or change a series. In the first-round series between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils, Devils goaltender Akira Schmid seemed to be that guy after his performances in Games 3, 4, and 5. Schmid, 22, stopped 80 of 82 […]

Missed Opportunities: NY Rangers Squander Several Scoring Chances, Lose to Devils 2-1 in OT

If you’re a Rangers fan, you just knew. Those first two games were almost TOO perfect. So while it was no shock that a team as talented as the Devils would not go away quietly, the Rangers had a glorious chance to put a stranglehold on the series and possibly save some energy for the […]

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Rangers’ Shesterkin Already in Playoff Zone

In last year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, it took New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin about five games to find his form. After making over 70 saves in Game 1 against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round last year, Shesterkin, 27, struggled in Games 2, 3, and 4 and put the Rangers behind the eight […]

Are You Experienced? NY Rangers Dominate NJ Devils 5-1 In Game One of First Round Series

So much of the discourse leading up to this Rangers-Devils series was centered around experience. Not that the Rangers are this playoff-grizzled team, but surely, this was an upstart year for the Devils. Would the fact that they collectively were new to the playoff scene matter, or would their style and speed, which seemed to […]

Why the Devils Scare Me as a Rangers Fan

In some of my previous articles for this site, I have mentioned to you that while I grew up a New York Rangers fan and will always root for them, I am a hockey fan first. For this particular article, I am going to wear both hats as it concerns both areas. As a Rangers […]

NHL: Stanley Cup Playoff Eastern Conference Round One Preview with our expert picks

It is that time of year again. The one all hockey fans wait for. It’s Stanley Cup playoff time! Let’s take a look at the matchups schedules and our staff picks for the first round. (1A) Boston Bruins 65-12-5, 135 points vs. (WC2) Florida Panthers 42-32-8, 92 points Here is the Schedule Mon., April 17: Panthers […]

Hell Or High Water? NY Rangers (And Fans) Await Devils or Hurricanes in First Round

As we sit here on the precipice of the postseason, it’s pretty crazy (and very cool) that it will take the last (full) day of the regular season to determine who the NY Rangers’ first-round opponent will be. It’s entirely out of the Rangers’ control, of course. All we know is that it will either […]