I am watching the goalies playing in these playoffs and I really dont think they should be spending any assets on getting anyone. First of all we have none second of all this teams biggest problem is forward depth that is hard to play against. They need to invest in that.
If he can be had for cheap, I'd be fine with trying to develop him or Kakko. Rags don't have capspace to keep Tarasenko, Kane, Miller and Laf unless they try to move Goodrow or Lindgren.
I was thinking more of getting the goalie via free agency, so no assets other than $s. I'm thinking that perhaps a 1b type goalie could work which assumes that Forsberg is healthy and would be part of the tandem. We have about $5 m to spend if Debrincat can be signed to a $8 m contract (& we dump Joseph). Even Saros (if he's actually available of course) could be accommodated as his cap hit is $5m.
We need consistent goaltending next year. It can't be .980 sv% one week and .880 sv% the next. I don't know which solution fixes that problem but if it's going out and getting a bonafide starter who doesn't spend the whole year going through peaks and valleys, then that's what they should do. We also had a pretty bad low danger shot save percentage. That's a problem that needs to be fixed and if it's with a quality starting G, then so be it. Make it happen. This is the only issue we have left. Depth forwards are a dime a dozen, it's the easiest part of the roster to resuscitate.
The cost for Saros would be astronomical. Id be willing to look at Varlamov or Andersen as they can be had for free but I dont think this team should be blowing the budget.
Soogard and Schmid are the same age. So I dont really see how thats providing that type of evidence. This team has no assets to get anyone. They have traded all their picks. Goalie is going to have to be a no asset commitment to get and no one should be signed to big dollars for a long time.
People sleeping on this guy!
I'm a believer as well. We would have easily made the playoffs this year if he didn't go down.
But he is thats my point. All these other journeymen goalies are doing it. That's exactly what I am pointing out. I dont mind the idea of getting a back up for Forsberg thats fine but they shouldnt be spending any assets to do so.
Lets hope those shoulders hold up. That could dictate a lot for this teams direction. Would hate to see the team put themselves in a good position only to lose him again and kill their chances.
We’ll see. We’re banking on a guy who had one good season and now has a bum shoulder.
One good season is underselling him,
Exactly. If we're going to get another goalie it should be the UFA type. No assets. Sogaard isn't that far away. We don't need to trade assets and sign big contracts
His draft position and production outside of the NHL means nothing at this point. He’s getting paid $8M now on a full length contract.
Ya, I agree that Saros would be expensive. I used him as an example to demonstrate we have the budget to get a good goalie if that's what they want to do. I'm good with getting a 1b from Free Agency as I mentioned in my post. That's definitely my preference.
Sure it means something, it shows he didn't come out of nowhere, he's had steady progression from start to finish.
Isn't that exactly what they did with Talbot, a move you've spent all year blithering on about???
I could be wrong but Hale has admitted to initially being on board with acquiring Talbot but recognized in hindsight it was a poor evaluation by himself and the team.
