6/28/22 | Larry Brooks writes that the Avs were interested in Georgiev before the trade deadline, but the Rangers did not want to lose him as a backup to Igor Shesterkin before the playoffs. (NY Post)

6/26/22 | Larry Brooks writes in the NY Post that the Devils could have interest in Georgiev if he becomes a UFA.

He says that the Rangers are unlikely to deal Georgiev to the Devils “without an overpay” by New Jersey. (NY Post)

6/25/22 | Elliotte Friedman was NHL Network on Friday and was asked about Alex Georgiev.

Friedman said “one of the biggest questions is are the Rangers going to qualify him at the number he needs to get. Georgiev wants to play and also there could be a cap crunch. His arbitration numbers are pretty good and I think that is one of the things the Rangers are looking at. I’m curious to see if they are going to make a deal before then or are they going to be in a situation where a teams says ‘we want to see if he’s going to be available for nothing and see if we can do it that way.”

Arthur Staple wrote in The Athletic that the Rangers are “trying hard” to find a trade partner for Georgiev before deciding not to qualify him and allow him to be a UFA.

The qualifying deadline is July 11.

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Georgiev’s qualifying offer is $2.65 million.

Adam Rotter: We’ve been waiting a while to see if Georgiev will get moved and we are finally getting close to the point where he’s going to be traded or the Rangers will have to decide whether to qualify him or not.

I think that the preference is to trade him for as high a pick as they can get, probably a third at absolute best, but probably something more in the 4th to 5th round range. Anything higher than that seems very far-fetched unless Georgiev is packaged with another player, prospect, or pick.

If they don’t qualify him he becomes a free agent and the Rangers get nothing in return. The risk in qualifying him is that he accepts it and can then walk next year as a UFA. The Rangers could try to trade him after his salary is locked in, but any team would be in the same position of him being able to walk at the end of next season. The other risk is that with the cap crunch the Rangers are going to be in, $2.65 million for the backup goalie is probably $1 million too much, if not more. As inconsistent as Georgiev has turned out to be the last couple of years, he still has the potential to be a decent goalie in the NHL and part of a tandem instead of being designated the backup.

When it comes down to it, I think that Chris Drury will lower his asking price for Georgiev and a team with a lot of cap space and a need in goal will trade a mid-round pick to take a chance on him and make sure that they get him instead of being one of a few teams trying to get him as a UFA. Maybe there is a bigger trade he can be added to that nets the Rangers something bigger, but it seems likely that Georgiev will go for a mid-to-late round pick.