For all the teams and all the players that Peter Laviolette has coached over his 22 years in the NHL, his squad for the 2024 All-Star game was largely made up of skaters he had never coached before.
Outside of five consecutive wins before the calendar flipped to 2024, Shesterkins campaign has been mostly puzzling.
The once-rolling Rangers barely are clinging to their hold on first place in the Metro Division as they continued to limp into the All-Star break.
The Rangers lost three of four games on their west-coast swing and still managed to stay atop the Metropolitan Division standings.
Igor Shesterkin turned in arguably one of his best performances of the season as the Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak by defeating the Capitals on Sunday.
Igor Shesterkin was the Shesterkin the Rangers need in that net, making key saves in key moments in a victory that seemed closer than necessary.
The Rangers a new streak in the process, beating the Kraken 5-2 Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden for their second consecutive win after the four-game slide.
Thursday night saw the Rangers relapse in grave fashion.
Igor Shesterkin will represent the Rangers at All-Star Weekend in February, but even the Russian goalie knows he probably wasnt the NHLs first choice.