I have read the various analyses of why it is so risky to grant goaltenders lavish, long-term cap-busting contracts such as the one Igor Shesterkin is seeking, and they all make perfect sense.
As well, there seems to be an immediate consensus that the eight-year, $66 million deal struck recently between the Bruins and 25-year-old Jeremy Swayman that carries an annual $8.25M cap charge should serve as the template for goaltenders.
But here’s the thing: None of this applies in this case. The Rangers have already crossed the Rubicon . Ownership, management, GM Chris Drury, they have already gone to eight years and $88 million, as The Post has confirmed.
The Rangers are not attempting to limit the term to six years that would take Shesterkin through his age-34 season. They are not nickel-and-diming the goaltender, unless you want to tally the amount of nickels and dimes that amount to the sum of the offer…