And then the Detroit head coach dropped his most notable praise of the night: “I can see why he turned down the 88 [million]. Good agent.”
Throughout his news conference, standing against a Red Wings-branded backdrop in the aftermath of a loss to the Rangers on Monday, Derek Lalonde kept complimenting Igor Shesterkin . A “very, very special goalie.” The difference in a 4-1 game.
“It was a really tough game to judge him ,” head coach Peter Laviolette said postgame, “and I said this before, there’s times where I think we just do things that — not a lot of goaltenders can make the save that needed to be made last game. You might make one, but when you need four or five of them out there, there’s gonna be trouble coming at you.
There were questions — briefly — about whether a surging Jonathan Quick could take starts from Shesterkin while he reset. But the Rangers stuck by their franchise goaltender through the rough patch, and after a bit, and especially during their run to the Eastern Conference Final, their patience paid off.
Midway through the opening period Monday, Shesterkin tracked Lucas Raymond as he neared the net, tucked the puck and hesitated before wristing a shot toward him. Then, in the second period, with the Rangers killing a penalty, Shesterkin held his positioning in front of the net as J.T. Compher and Patrick Kane both had chances — three of the six saves he made during the penalty kill and three of the 14 he made during the second period.
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