If the goalie has to be one of your best, he’s also bound to take up in the neighborhood of $10 Million AAV. Is that advisable?
Only 3 goaltender make around 10 million right now Price, Brobov and Vasilevsky. You can have a solid #1 playoff competitive for less than that.
it's the context of the trade... You are absolutely right if we gave up what LA did to get him and he performed here (just like LA) he would be in hiding... BUT, if he were to come here now at his current contract in exchange for two brutal contracts (Gally and Anderson), it would be beneficial for our team.. Similar to trading Weber (it serves a purpose and a need).
And why would LA trade him for Gallagher and Anderson lmao?
Not at all and not what I said. Generally speaking the teams best player is center and D, those are the best and top paid players. If you’re an all star goalie $7-$8M is fine by me and should fit into a teams cap structure. Look at how many contending teams now are screwed because they don’t have a solid goalie and are desperate for one now. I don’t think any of them wouldn’t be happy to give $7-$8M now for a top tier goalie right now if they were available.
For how long though? If you’re building a team that involves a top goaltender and you want to get on a playoff run over several seasons, you’ll have to decide whether or not to commit to the guy. And that will end up taking a lot of AAV.
Someone told me it was the superbowl damn it!
IMO, like the poster above said if you want to build long lasting success and a solid foundation centers and defenseman are the most important position. You only need a solid goaltender to be good enough to get you to playoffs and stay good during the playoff to get you far. Of course elite goaltending will give you an edge, and that is what generally happen, a solid goaltender happen to get hot for a run to the cup. No point to build a franchise around a goaltender like they did with Price if you can’t afford to pay the main cast, unless you are Tampa Bay and your top guy agree to team friendly deals plus you are wise at dealing with the cap.
I know you didn’t talk about AAV in your original post but I did. I never said you mentioned AAV.
I think it’s a major gamble not to allocate and have a great goalie but as a love long Habs fan, I may be a little bias. I also look at teams like Edmonton, Toronto, NJ, Carolina etc. who would be far better off if they had a solid goalie and notice all the teams above them in the standings have better goaltending then they do. It’s not a coincidence and I’d rather play a 7 game series with a stud in net the. Hope to outscore the other team to carry my goaltender. It’s simply not a recipe for being a real contender. Not that is hasn’t happened, but if you look at the past cup winners, they all had stellar goaltending.
We’re on the same page. A “solid” goaltender is enough in my view.
And those 3 Goalies have made the Stanley Cup final since 2020
Don’t know that you need a great goalie when solid can do the job. Those teams you mention for the most part have porous D, so a better goalie wouldn’t solve their issues, it’s more of a systemic thing and rebalancing their asset allocation.
There were 8 Stanley Cup finalists since 2020. I didn’t check if any of them were repeat finalists but if they weren’t it would mean that 5 teams made it without rostering that type of goalie.
Difference between good and great is a fine line. If you’re a team with heavy cap resources up front, a solid goalie can cover up a lot of porous D and system faults. Come playoffs when games are tighter and lower scoring, having the better D is a very large advantage. It’s how a bottom feeder like Habs could beat the Leafs and Jets beat Oliers in the first round along with several other examples. Happens a lot in the playoffs.
Monty is a very good goalie. He proved it with Team Canada. The problem with this Habs team is they are trying to break in 3 and on some nights 4 young d-men. If you want to see how good Monty is just look at the other two goalies behind the same defence.
He is a very good goalie based on what that he has a career best .902% percentage this year and Primeau has a .901% save percentage or because he has 3 wins this year vs playoff teams.
Primeau has been protected all year long. Monty has played most of the tough teams. Or don't you watch Habs games?
I don’t ascribe much weight to that Habs Covid finals. Just look at the number of regular season games played during that season. Too lazy to look it up but what about those “play-ins”? How’s that for reliable comparative performance?
Adin Hill..............................won the Cup with a very good team last year. Adin Hill?
