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Should The Rangers Trade Alexandar Georgiev?

By Alex Csedrik

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 19: Igor Shesterkin #31 of the New York Rangers tends net against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Madison Square Garden on January 19, 2020 in New York City. The Blue Jackets defeated the Rangers 2-1. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 19: Igor Shesterkin #31 of the New York Rangers tends net against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Madison Square Garden on January 19, 2020 in New York City. The Blue Jackets defeated the Rangers 2-1. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 07: Igor Shesterkin #31 of the New York Rangers (L) who was playing in his first NHL game records a 5-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche and is embraced by Henrik Lundqvist #30 (R) at Madison Square Garden on January 07, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

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.

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