Tandems are becoming more and more of a thing for a reason. Edmonton, more than any other team outside of maybe Toronto, is done as a contender with a Skinner injury or if he goes through a cold snap again.
He's also a smaller goaltender that relies a lot on his athleticism.
see you on the golf course. drinks are on you.
I think you might be selling him short if you think he is a purely athletic goalie. Saros has always been technically and positionally sound. He just isn't big enough to stand there and let pucks hit him.
We were offering Askarov + 1st to get in to the top 4 at last years draft so we could draft Smith/Michkov. It'd have to be a legitimate top prospect for us to consider.
We're already deep into our rebuild, we just stay competitive instead of tanking.
The Oilers got Roloson at the deadline in 2006.
That might be the closest but still not the return that is being quoted here. That deal was Roy and Keane, one of the best defensive forwards in the league, for for Kovalenko, Ruchinsky and Thibault. I think Keane cancels out much of Kovalenko so this is basically one of the best goalies of all time for Thibault, Ruchinsky and a small plus. Frankly the difference in value between Saros now and Roy at the time of that trade would have been huge. Of course the circumstances were also very different. The Prdes don't need to trade Saros so they can afford to ask for the moon.
The first part probably works. Adding Samsonov is a non starter though unless there’s a big add from Toronto.
Isn't Cossa not that great? He's got a 2.90 GAA in the AHL this year. We'd be after Edvinsson, Wallinder or Danielson.
He’s been solid lately, and is really young. Goalies take time but he’s 6 foot 6 and crazy athletic. Berggren is young middle 6 high skill winger nhl ready
can sub him for Wallinder, 6 foot 4 smooth skating LHD but I thought you’d want a stud goalie prospect
