Article Rangers Have Lots of Options for Igor Shesterkin's New Backup

[Cash or Czech]

 

Another one down.

[Sharpshooter]

Not too surprised he went back there. They have a very good team. I'm glad he's staying instead of bouncing around to another team.

[RichieNextel305]

Brooks wrote in the Post that the Rangers were interested in Martin Jones (might have said very interested) before he ultimately went to Philly. I wonder if that’s who they look to.

 

I would imagine it would be one of Jones, Holtby, Halak and Greiss. Maybe Lindgren.

[Cash or Czech]

Fuck that, Martin Jones is fucking awful.  Of those, I'd honestly want Lindgren or Holtby. 

[Ozzy]

I'm kinda feeling the whole Greiss experience right now.....is Halak still available?  I haven't been following him much of late.

[RichieNextel305]

17 minutes ago, Ozzy said:

I'm kinda feeling the whole Greiss experience right now.....is Halak still available?  I haven't been following him much of late.

Yes.

 

Halak is the one I’ve had pegged for us for awhile now. But really, I’d be fine with him, Holtby or Greiss.

 

Like others have said, Jones kind of sucks. But I wonder if Allaire can fix that.

[Ozzy]

Cool!  Thanks Richie!  Yeah man, I think we need a pretty capable backup, especially with the defensive core that's still pretty young, for the most part.  If we start bleeding scoring chances again this season, we're going to need a guy who is fairly capable to hold the fort.

 

I'd be fine with those 3 as well.  It's probably just going to come down to cost and cap space, I would think.

[4EverRangerFrank]

C'mon Ozzy - our D won't allow any goals this season. None! "0" #believe

[Ozzy]

45 minutes ago, 4EverRangerFrank said:

C'mon Ozzy - our D won't allow any goals this season. None! "0" #believe

 

I'm with ya, Big Guy!!  Let's go with "Just in case" then!!  LOL

[Phil]

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Georgiev went 58-48-11 during his Rangers tenure with a .908 save percentage and 2.94 goals-against average. The Blueshirts will be seeking a backup out of a free-agent pool that will include Martin Jones, in whom they had serious interest before he signed with the Flyers last year; Thomas Greiss; Jaro Halak; Braden Holtby; and Charlie Lindgren. The Rangers ideally would like to spend in the $1.25 million-$1.5 million range on the position. That could be challenging.

 

https://nypost.com/2022/07/07/rangers-alexandar-georgiev-trade-works-for-both-sides/

 

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In other words, they're signing Jones.

[Cash or Czech]

Hopefully Richie is just Brooks' burner account and doesn't know jack shit. 

[Phil]

I'd literally rather sign anyone but Jones. He's Ondrej Pavelec again.

[Keirik]

Go get Holtby. 

[RichieNextel305]

Jones is easily my least favorite option. That being said, I do trust Benny.

 

I easily take any of Halak/Holtby/Greiss over Jones personally.

[Phil]

4 minutes ago, RichieNextel305 said:

Jones is easily my least favorite option. That being said, I do trust Benny.

 

I easily take any of Halak/Holtby/Greiss over Jones personally.

 

I mean, I do, too, but he couldn't fix Pavelec, either.

 

I'd rather go for upside (Comrie, Lindgren) or competence (Holtby, Halak). Jones is neither. He just exists. He's basically Georgiev again. Shutout or five against every night.

[RichieNextel305]

“Martin Jones?! Are you fucking kidding me?!”

[RichieNextel305]

Read a rumor that Holtby may not play next season and his career may be over due to injury. Don’t know if it’s true, trying to see other places it was posted. Apparently Seraveli said it.

[Cash or Czech]

 

[Ozzy]

I'm thinking Drury's going to get Greiss in here on a short deal....2 years max

[The Dude]

5 hours ago, Cash or Czech said:

 

Cue the onslaught of undrafted free agent goalie signings by the Rangers. 

[RichieNextel305]

Holtby rumor unfortunately confirmed.

 

[Sharpshooter]

Damn that's sad about Holtby. What a fall from grace.

 

For the Rangers I'm expecting one of Halak or Lindgren. I don't want to say they'll be bargain bin shopping necessarily, but they're going to get what they can for as little as possible. lol

[RangersIn7]

On 7/8/2022 at 1:31 PM, Phil said:

 

I mean, I do, too, but he couldn't fix Pavelec, either.

 

I'd rather go for upside (Comrie, Lindgren) or competence (Holtby, Halak). Jones is neither. He just exists. He's basically Georgiev again. Shutout or five against every night.

Pavelec is the one guy we’ve had here in the last 15+ years since Allaire took over that he couldn’t get good play out of. 

[Phil]

1 hour ago, RangersIn7 said:

Pavelec is the one guy we’ve had here in the last 15+ years since Allaire took over that he couldn’t get good play out of. 

 

Correct. Jones reminds me a lot of Pavelec. I could be wrong, but he feels like the wrong target when more reliable options still exist (Halak).

[Sharpshooter]

I just think Pavelec was washed when we got him.