There are a few really good or at least intriguing options on that list. Logan Thompson, Vejmelka, Lankinen, and Lindgren. I think it's a successful goalie offseason if we get one of those 4 guys. Of course the problem is that there are more than 4 teams looking for a goalie. I could see us ending up rolling the dice on trading a guy, like John Gibson at 50%.
Given competition for the scarce quality goaltender market and Canes preference for money-picking the position, I wonder if Canes would be moving forward with any of those four cited....going to be an interesting off-season.
Well, I'm not signing Granland and Zucker, that is for sure.
I don't think Thompson gets to market, so looking Vejmelka, Lankinen, and Lindgren for non-Freddy options.
This place is going to be feisty when we extend Freddy at $3M for two more years this July.
honestly I won't be bothered as long as we bring in a quality #3 instead of the two options we currently have for it.
I'm guessing none of our internal options are near ready? Or they'd probably be in the A.
will it be more or less feisty if, at the draft, rumors float that the vehicles (car and van) are making a trade and after a longer than necessary period we finally get the big announcement: Demko with retention for a low pick and meh prospect.
I said I thought as much in the Demko trade thread.
Yeah, just remember that the $3m AAV on Freddie is actually $4.5m because of the need for a reliable third option. Which makes you think maybe you should just spend $5m for your 1A, if he's out there.
the only one of those that's, maybe, available this offseason is Veg. Otherwise bringing it back with Freddy again and upgrading the #3 to say Reimer makes more sense.
I believe Demko has a brittle back/knee/hip which appears to be some type of chronic injury (I saw some posts that’s suggested he will just have to live with the situation going forward). After Freddie experience, I would think the Canes would pass on that type of player.
In an ideal world we'd all like to move on from Freddie. But there are ~5 good goalies this off-season and a dozen teams who will look for upgrades in net. There's a chance we improve, and there's also a chance we start next year with a worse outlook in net. What we do have is cap space, so it'll be interesting to see if we do what other teams are doing and put lots of money down for a guy who looks like a starter but only with a season or two of work.
If you think Burns is frustrating Jones will be infuriating, and way more expensive
Seems propped up more by name value than what he is today.
That's great news. I want no part of any of Vancouver's looming catastrophe.
past few years, basically since he moved away from Werenski.
