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Igor Shesterkin's Debut For The New York Rangers

01/08/2020 at 11:31am EST

from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

The Rangers were committed to keeping the puck away from the net at Shesterkin’s end and taking it to the one at the other end while cashing in opportunistically. The Blueshirts kept their errors to a manageable number and kept the league’s highest scoring team in check to break their three-game regulation losing streak.

As they did so, Shesterkin played with poise. Hours after his hands were shaking so badly on the way to the building that he couldn’t drink water — he told the story on himself — he was soaking in cheers every time he touched the puck.

It’s not that the fans have been waiting for someone to replace Henrik Lundqvist, not at all. It is that the fans had been waiting for the heir for five years while he recorded minuscule numbers in the KHL. It isn’t about what have you done for me lately, but what can you do for me next year and the one after that and the ones after that when, if the blueprint holds, the Rangers should contend for the Stanley Cup.

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