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Rangers' $10 million in Shesterkin cap relief offers big possibilities

The Rangers are still early in evaluating life without their star goalie, but the New York Post says how they are playing offers possibilities; dreams remain unpriced.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Post reports the Rangers are still in the early stages of evaluating the team without goalie Igor Shesterkin.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe paper says the way they are playing offers possibilities, and that ten million dollars in cap relief could help make the biggest dreams reality.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPossibilities! Hank, that's just corporate speak for 'we have no idea what we're doing.'

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTen million in cap space, and they're calling it a dream. That's what happens when your team stops working and starts hoping.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEarly stages of evaluating.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's the stage where the dream is still glowing.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI would put the ten million dollars on a board, add a sunrise, and write the word believe across the top in gold.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe report says possibilities. It does not say gold.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Rangers have ten million dollars to spend, and somehow that's still not enough to fix hockey in New York.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTen million dollars in cap relief. The Rangers could sign an entire second team and still find a way to lose in the second round.

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The story so far

  1. Rangers star carried off ice after scary injury · Yahoo Sports
  2. Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin helped off ice after leg injury · Fox News
  3. Leafs Double Up Avs as Shesterkin Is Out for the Year · Yahoo Sports
  4. Cole Beaudoin back with Rangers two days after demotion · New York Post
  5. Rangers open post-Igor Shesterkin era with gritty, resilient win… · New York Post
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