SherVaughn30
Registered User
At this point I'm 100% on board with getting a cheap goalie with intangibles. There is zero consistency with goaltending aside from like one or two guys that would be unavailable in any reasonable trade offer.
Using the data from last season and this season, the r^2 between save percentage above expected for this year compared to last year is a miniscule 0.0145. In order words, essentially random.
I'm just not seeing anyone being a clear better option from an on-ice standpoint. Is Fleury really better than what Washington has now? The same Fleury that Vegas couldn't give away 2 seasons ago who then came back and won the Vezina and is now among the league's worst again? Is John Gibson's $6.4 million AAV contract worth it for 6 more years when his performance will be like throwing darts randomly at a dartboard?
Ducks are not gonna trade Gibson, plus the cost will be too much if they did trade him. Fleury's playoff experience is key for this team. Are you gonna turn a blind eye again to what Craig Anderson did for us? Vitek broke in the 1st playoff game and Anderson put up better numbers than Sammy did. Both Vitek/Sammy had high praise for Anderson while he was there. Fleury is 4 years younger and has even more playoff experience than Anderson.