If some are worried that the New York Rangers don’t want Igor Shesterkin long-term, think again. According to NHL insider Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Period, despite the fact that “everything is quiet on the Western Front” in terms of contract negotiations, the consensus is that both parties want a long-term extension. “I know they had discussions at the start of the season and they were very loose, just to make sure we’re all on the same page and we want to work towards a long-term extension, which they do,” he said. Loaf on Sirius XM NHL Network Radio. Shesterkin, who was eligible to sign an extension on July 1, is entering the final year of a four-year, $22.7 million contract he signed through 2021. The deal carries a salary of $5.66 million . As we know, the Rangers goaltender wants to be the highest paid goaltender in the NHL. If he earns $11 million, $12 million or more than Carey Price’s $10.5 million, it’s all part of the negotiation process. At this stage of the negotiations, it is a matter of waiting and seeing. Igor Shesterkin and his team look at their counterparts around the league and see what a particular goaltender can earn in Boston. Although it is about waiting for Jeremy Swayman and his negotiations, I believe he will be paid more than Swayman. “You have to imagine that Shesterkin will, based on his performance, be the highest-paid goaltender at the end of the day,” Pagnotta said. “Once Swayman gets his contract, they use other competitors like Vasilevskiy and so on. But I think he’s waiting to see where it goes, how it goes before they get too far into a negotiation, but maybe they are now.