Porter Stoutheart
We Got Wood
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Price is my favourite goalie and I have a lot of confidence that he'll rebound and re-establish his value league-wide. His team may hold him back from being a Vezina candidate or anything like that, but I can definitely see him regaining the "best goalie in the world" title.
And all that said, I still would not take him on the Preds right now, not even for free. Not even with $1M retention for free. Forget the absurd trade proposal. He's just not something the Preds need right now, so why sink all that cap space into another goalie, even if he is the best? Rinne won the Vezina last year, and we have A LOT of faith in Saros. And a great cap situation coming up on those two for the next few seasons. I would rather use our cap space on locking up our D further (Josi next up), maybe securing another top-6 winger, etc, instead of upgrading in goal.
Now maybe things would change in another year if Rinne fades more quickly than expected and Saros doesn't live up to our expectations. That could happen. But call again next year if it does, because today we aren't interested in Price, not even for free.
And all that said, I still would not take him on the Preds right now, not even for free. Not even with $1M retention for free. Forget the absurd trade proposal. He's just not something the Preds need right now, so why sink all that cap space into another goalie, even if he is the best? Rinne won the Vezina last year, and we have A LOT of faith in Saros. And a great cap situation coming up on those two for the next few seasons. I would rather use our cap space on locking up our D further (Josi next up), maybe securing another top-6 winger, etc, instead of upgrading in goal.
Now maybe things would change in another year if Rinne fades more quickly than expected and Saros doesn't live up to our expectations. That could happen. But call again next year if it does, because today we aren't interested in Price, not even for free.