Rangers goaltender Alexandar Georgiev against the St. Louis Blues at Madison Square Garden on March 3, 2020. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
The Rangers avoided going to arbitration with goaltender Alexandar Georgiev when he and the team agreed to a contract, the club announced Thursday. According to CapFriendly, the contract is a two-year deal worth a total of $4.85 million, a salary cap hit of $2.425 million per season.
The 24-year-old Georgiev played in 34 games in 2019-20, going 17-14-2 with a 3.04 goals-against average, .910 save percentage and two shutouts. His games played, games started (32) and wins were all career highs, and tops among the Rangers.