The NHL goaltending market was spicy enough over the last couple of weeks. The Boston Bruins and franchise goaltender Jeremy Swayman were in an everlasting standoff amid a contract dispute.

Entering the final year of a four-year, $22.67 million contract with the New York Rangers, Igor Shesterkin turned down the team's offer to become the highest-paid goaltender in NHL history, according to a report by Kevin Weekes of the NHL Network.

On the eve of opening night for the Rangers, word spread that the Rangers had offered Igor Shesterkin an extension that would make him the highest-paid goaltender in NHL history — and he rejected it.