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Fantastic game to do it in. Hopefully he keeps it up!
You have your doubts? Ironically his 300th career win also came against San Jose.
Remember this?
I just realized that this was Kippers 2nd last season in his contract and remembered he signed one of those front loaded contracts and was wondering if anyone else is worried about this. Because next season he only makes $1.5mill. Do you think he's going to want to come back and play for that low of money or do you guys think he was always planning on this season being his last when he signed this contract?
There was a rumor that came out when he signed his contract that he wasn't going to play out the final year. It was just an extra year tacked on to reduce the cap hit as seen in this article.
Don't know if there's any veracity to it though, and even if there was, he could have changed his mind. If he feels he's still playing at a high enough level, he may decide to stick it out for a little while longer. Maybe he wants to win a Cup before he retires. Then again, he still goes back to Finland every summer. Maybe he'd rather play out his final years at home.
300 wins is no mean feat. Especially all with one team.
If he retires a Flame, I wonder if the organization will retire his jersey. He does have a Vezina and the Cup run, and is the best goalie in the franchise's history. Don't know if it's enough though.
What more does he have to do, reinvent the wheel?
You can bet nobody will ever wear #12 or #34 again for the Flames.
I don't think there is even a question about either number, the only question I have is are his career stats enough to get him a spot in the HoF, my guess is not yet, if he plays 4 or 5 more years of good-great goaltending, then he will likely break the 400 win mark and that significantly improves his chances, as there are no eligible goalies with 400 wins not in the HoF, and his career save percentage is 3rd all-time of goalies winning more than 300 games. My guess is Jersey retired, no question, HoF, quite possibly, as he may make it to 400 wins on a team many consider to be quite inferior to the rest of the league.
What more does he have to do, reinvent the wheel?
You can bet nobody will ever wear #12 or #34 again for the Flames.
I wonder if that was planned, so in the future we can look up to the rafters and see "1 2 3 4"?