The New York Rangers placed top goaltender Igor Shesterkin on injured reserve Tuesday, one day after he suffered a lower-body injury in the first period of a loss to Utah.
The New York Rangers may have to find a way to survive without star goaltender Igor Shesterkin. The 30-year-old Russian netminder suffered a lower-body injury during the first period of Monday night’s game between the Rangers and the Utah Mammoth at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y.
The New York Rangers will place defenseman Adam Fox on long-term injured reserve (LTIR), and place netminder Igor Shesterkin on injured reserve, according to Mollie Walker of The New York Post.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
The New York Rangers are going to be without their two franchise cornerstone players for the time being. According to multiple reports, the team has placed star goaltender Igor Shesterkin on injured reserve after he suffered an injury during New York’s 3-2 loss at the hands of the Utah Mammoth at home on Monday night.
Despite losing the game to the Utah Mammoth, the biggest news to come out of the New York Rangers’ loss was that Igor Shesterkin left the game in the first period due to a lower-body injury.
This is entirely speculation and spitballing. At no point has Adam Fox requested a trade, and there is nothing legitimate that says an Adam Fox trade is on the horizon.
Watching Igor Shesterkin writhe in pain and then be helped off the ice with a lower-body injury Monday at Madison Square Garden, it’s hard not to think the worst for the New York Rangers nor their star goalie.
The New York Rangers were just reminded about how thin the line is between winning a losing and being a buyer or a seller at the NHL trade deadline on Monday.
Another game on home ice, another loss for the New York Rangers. The Utah Mammoth may be an up and coming team, but right now they are mediocre in the standings and the Rangers should be better and should have won.
New York Rangers veteran netminder Jonathan Quick blew his fuse during an unexpected appearance between the pipes on Monday against the Utah Mammoth at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y.
The New York Rangers have plenty of teams to pass if they want to get back in the playoff race. New York currently sits second-last in the Metropolitan Division, and an unfortunate incident on Monday night won’t make it any easier.
The New York Rangers are awaiting further evaluation on Igor Shesterkin after the goaltender left Monday night’s 3–2 overtime loss to the Utah Mammoth with an apparent lower-body injury.
Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin left Monday’s game against the Utah Mammoth with a lower body injury. That was after JJ Peterka rushed towards the net and collided with the Russian goaltender.
Sean Durzi scored 66 seconds into overtime Monday night to help the visiting Utah Mammoth rally for a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers, who lost goalie Igor Shesterkin to a lower-body injury in the first period.
Just 13 minutes into the New York Rangers’ home contest against the visiting Utah Mammoth, disaster struck as Vezina Trophy-winning goalie Igor Shesterkin had to be helped off the ice following a collision with Utah forward JJ Peterka.
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