A historic regular season and disappointing playoff finish are behind the New York Rangers, who scattered to their respective homes around the world a week ago. Though there’s plenty of offseason business ahead, including the 2024 NHL Draft on June 28-29 and the start of NHL free agency on July 1, it’s still worth taking a look back at each individual player’s performance in 2023-24.
Let’s start with goalies Igor Shesterkin and Jonathan Quick.
It was a bit of a rollercoaster ride for Igor Shesterkin during the 2023-24 regular season, one that was interrupted twice, first for a minor injury in November and then for a re-set following a spate of poor play late January into February.
The 28-year-old had a personal seven-game winning streak in February after a pair of five-game win streaks earlier in the season. He also allowed 15 goals in a rugged three-start stretch in December and just didn’t resemble his Vezina Trophy-winning self for different swaths of the season. At the NHL All-Star break, his save percentage hovered under .900.
During these stretches, Shesterkin was good, just not as great as we’re accustomed. To his credit, he worked through some things midseason with goalie coach Benoit Allaire and was much sharper late in the season.
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