Igor Shesterkin has been billed as the New York Rangers goalie of the future and his long awaited debut is finally here. Contrary to speculation, he wasn’t promoted because of Henrik Lundqvist‘s illness or Alexandar Georgiev‘s shaky play. He is a New York Ranger because of his play. Right.
There are a lot of reasons to wonder why the Rangers made this move and when coach David Quinn addressed it after practice, he didn’t supply many answers. In fact he was almost evasive in his rsponses. The first question was about “the plan” and Quinn’s quick answer was “He’ll play tomorrow night.