Earlier this season, Shesterkin signed an eight-year, $92 million contract extension with the Rangers, making him the highest-paid goalie in NHL history. Peter Laviolette chose not to put any blame onto Shesterkin’s shoulders, instead emphasizing the importance of playing better in front of their superstar goalie.

And while that’s positive news for the Rangers, who had said the goalie would be sidelined one to two weeks after seemingly suffering the injury near his lower arm in a scrum in front of the goalmouth, the real question is, what version of Shesterkin will they see?