Rangers Free Agency: How much should Alexandar Georgiev get paid?

So, what is he worth?

The Rangers will be watching a couple of players very closely as they negotiate with Georgiev.  Matt Murray of the Penguins and Linus Ullmark of Buffalo are arbitration eligible RFA’s.  Pittsburgh is looking to deal Murray and he should be the target of a team looking for a starting goalie.  Ullmark split goaltending duties with Carter Hutton who is going into the last of his own contract at a $2.75 million AAV.

UFA netminders similar to Georgiev that they will be monitoring include Malcom Suban, Garret Sparks along with veterans like Cam Talbot, Mike Condon and Louis Domingue.

Based on the contracts awarded to Brian Elliott and Laurent Brossoit it appears that the going rate for a back up will be in the vicinity of $1.5 million. If Georgiev goes to arbitration, that is probably as much as he could hope for.

If the Rangers want to lock him in for longer term, they could probably offer a two or three year deal with an AAV of $2-2.5 million.   That my be wise, especially since they are not at risk to lose him in the Seattle expansion draft. Look for the Blueshirts to make him a qualifying offer by the deadline on Wednesday.

Considering the challenges coming to agreements with Tony DeAngelo, Ryan Strome and Brendan Lemieux, they should try to get Georgiev under contract sometime in the next week. The goalie has until October 10 to file for arbitration and those hearings would begin starting on October 20.