The New York Rangers are in an enviable position with organizational goaltending strength. So where does that leave Alexandar Georgiev?
A general manager makes a transaction in the NHL for either short-term and/or long-term benefits. The best GMs think about both the positive short-term and long-term ramifications of each move. So what is Jeff Gorton, the New York Rangers’ general manager, to do come this off-season, whenever that may be?
With rumors of a stagnant–or possibly shrinking–cap for next season, there are some important decisions on who to bring back for the 2020-2021 campaign. While no decision exists in a vacuum in a cap world, let’s focus on one of the more pressing questions: goaltending.
People are assuming that the three-headed goalie monster gets resolved with a Henrik Lundqvist buyout. That would mean a goaltending tandem of Igor Shesterkin and Alexandar Georgiev for the foreseeable future.
Both a buyout of Lundqvist and that goaltending tandem would be ill-advised, for the short and long term.