MONTREAL — Rangers president and basic supervisor Chris Drury made his first commerce of the offseason Thursday, forward of the 2022 NHL Draft, when he unloaded backup goaltender Alexandar Georgiev and purchased three draft picks in return.
After 5 seasons in New York, Georgiev is headed to Colorado for an opportunity to play for the 2022 Stanley Cup champions, the Avalanche. The Rangers acquired two picks within the 2022 draft, within the third spherical and the fifth spherical (Nos. 97 and 161) in addition to a 2023 third-rounder.
Barring different trades, the deal gave the Rangers six picks within the draft, all in rounds 2-6, which is able to happen Friday, the second day of the occasion at Bell Centre.
Drury was in a position to finesse an honest haul of picks for the signing rights to Georgiev, whose $2.65 million qualifying supply as a restricted free agent was not an possibility for the cap-strapped Rangers. Because the qualifying supply was unaffordable and Georgiev was primed to turn out to be an unrestricted free agent, this was essentially the most superb scenario for the Rangers.
“It’s one thing we’ve been and dealing on, attempting to clear some cap house,” Drury mentioned Thursday in the course of the first spherical of the draft. “It was good to get some picks again for positive. He’s a fierce competitor and an actual good goalie and I feel he’s going to do actual good issues with Colorado.”
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Phrase is that goalie Darcy Kuemper, who began all however 4 video games of the Avalanche’s Stanley Cup run this previous postseason, will hit the free-agent market on Wednesday. Georgiev will get a recent begin with a contending staff and can have an opportunity to compete for the beginning spot (or share the web) with Pavel Francouz.
Avalanche basic supervisor Joe Sakic, who received the Jim Gregory Award as GM of the Yr over Drury, confirmed to reporters that Georgiev and Francouz could be the membership’s goalies heading into subsequent season.
The Avalanche wouldn't have given up three picks if they didn't have the intention of signing Georgiev.
Georgiev by no means appeared content material with a backup function on the Rangers. The undrafted Bulgarian-born netminder occurred to land in New York at an inopportune time. The primary three seasons of his profession marked the top of the Henrik Lundqvist period, and the final two had been the beginning of Igor Shesterkin’s reign.
On account of inconsistent enjoying time and having to face within the shadows of Lundqvist and Shesterkin, Georgiev struggled mightily during the last two seasons. His .898 save share in 2021-22 was a profession low. It was amassed over 33 video games (28 begins), by which he posted a 2.92 goals-against common.
In 129 video games with the Rangers, Georgiev completed with a 58-48-11 file, a 2.94 GAA and a .908 save share.
The Rangers at the moment are on the hunt for a No. 2 goalie, who would ideally have a price ticket within the $1 million vary, given their cap scenario. Some candidates who can be found embrace Martin Jones, Thomas Greiss and Charlie Lindgren, who's Rangers defenseman Ryan Lindgren’s brother.
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