It's kinda crazy with goalies, legit franchise goalies are now topping at 8-9M (yes there are exceptions), but teams will also be desperate to make a multi-year, 3-5M bet for a guy that can be AHL level the year from signing a deal.
It has already. Look at the names I dropped earlier. Oilers bought out Jack Campbell 2/5 out of his contract. Ottawa was able to get out of Korpisalo, good for them. How is Detroit going to deal with Husso?
Campbell was a bit more proven than the others, but yeah we are seeing it. We saw it with the lower amount guys before too, it just wasn't as egregious. With all of this though, going to be really interesting how the Avs handle the net next year. They'll have to make clearing moves to fit in a guy at even ~4m, let alone 5 the market might be dictating. It could move the needle to the guy under contract now and pay for retention sort of move Gibson, Grubi, Jarry sorts of guys who need to bounce back/also kinda suck.. but could be had with retention in the low 3s if not under 3.
The book on Silovs is that he's incredibly athletic, but his mental game and puck tracking leave a lot to be desired. So far, that is playing out... especially the puck tracking.
Lankinen did play well though, and I was shocked he was didn't get a contract until training camp. I guess his camp was too hard on the negotiations.
I think it'd take a LOT more than that, they like Montembeault, and I don't think Primeau is going to be ready for at least another year.
The defense has been fine overall since the cup win though. Statistically the difference is quite minimal, the difference is that we have a guy who’s been historically bad and instead of rectifying said issue they keep trotting him out.
It's not that our defense has gotten worse. It's the idea that our depth has suffered and as such, our top guys play more which makes them worse because they're more tired through the course of games.
100% this. I get the notion of "find a legit goalie", but easier said than done. There are literally a dozen lottery tickets out there (and Annunen is included in this), yet the Avs keep trying to scratch the used ticket hoping the numbers will change.
I get that. The result of that though hasn’t seen a major decline in the ability of our defense though. The difference is that Georgie went from an above average goalie who let in some softies to downright horrific. The Avs gave up 14 goals on their first 16 high danger chances against in their first two games. If they only gave up 8 HDCF per game they would’ve finished 9th in HDCF last season.
And what have those other teams won?
I'm swatting the hornets nest... but while Varly was brought in to be that guy, he failed to hold up to it for various reasons. There were a few years where he did, but too many where he left the team wanting and turning to other options. I don't think the Avs have really had a guy since Roy.
I think Craig Anderson was the closest since Roy. Obviously, the falling out season ruined any chance at a long term relationship, but he’s been the best of that 2nd tier grouping of inconsistent goalies that we’ve had.
I think he could have been that guy if he didn't give up and force his way out. He ended up with a very solid career and that could have been here in a different universe.
