Speculation: Ville Husso

[jmelm]

Prediction, and you heard it here first:

COL will let Kuemper walk in UFA and sign Husso instead.

I've been thinking this for a few weeks and wanted to get it on the record now so people won't think I'm lying in the future when I say I saw this coming

 

[BlueBaron]

Economics 101: Supply and Demand
A limited supply of decent goalies and a high demand of teams looking for one. He will have lots of suitors and get a big payday.

How many teams do you figurer Orca? Toronto, Washington, New Jersey and Edmonton? Any others?

 

[JKG33]

He and Kallgren would be a good tandem.

For the Marlies maybe.

Husso is another bandaid on a bullet wound situation. His playoffs left a lot to be desired

 

[Big Muddy]

Leafs will sign him 6 years $27 million.

Let's have another thread about Leafs and goalies. It would be something completely different and novel.

 

[VikingAv]

How many teams do you figurer Orca? Toronto, Washington, New Jersey and Edmonton? Any others?

+ Colorado, Chicago, Buffalo

 

[Weltschmerz]

+ Colorado, Chicago, Buffalo

maybe Detroit? and Habs if Price is done
Vegas probably as well

 

[BlueBaron]

+ Colorado, Chicago, Buffalo

7.

And we have Kuemper (assuming the Avs are in the club), Husso, Campbell and Holtby as FA's.

So 3 teams are making trades at least.

Possible traded goalies: Gibson and Jarry are the only two on the trade board. Maybe Stalock?

That's tight if Anaheim shuts the door. Smith I guess is out there as a back up with maybe a bought out Mrazek.

maybe Detroit? and Habs if Price is done
Vegas probably as well

Now you are complicating things....

Habs probably can run with Allen as their 1 this year.
What happens to our friend the 5 million dollar Lehner? Is he in the mix?
I can see you being right about Detroit, Yserman seldom passes up a chance to get better. He's kind of cheap though and might look for a value add.

I guess some of us can hope Buffalo, Vegas and Detroit aren't favored destinations.

 

[PocketNines]

Prediction, and you heard it here first:

COL will let Kuemper walk in UFA and sign Husso instead.

I've been thinking this for a few weeks and wanted to get it on the record now so people won't think I'm lying in the future when I say I saw this coming

I could believe this

 

[jmelm]

I could believe this

Yup. My rationale is simple:

Gruabauer was a quality goalie, but not a world-beater. Sakic didn't feel he was at a level that he had to get in a bidding war for him. Most importantly, Sakic showed he's not afraid to move on, especially if he thinks there's someone out there who's even better.

Kuemper had a great regular season (particularly the 2nd half) but has been fairly mediocre in the playoffs. At 32 years old and with a lot of NHL games under his belt, he's pretty much a finished product at the NHL level -- meaning that he should be able to maintain his current levels of play but is not likely to improve substantially in the coming years. He is what he is.

Husso: this is a player who, despite being 27, is relatively young in terms of peak goalie years and certainly in terms of NHL experience. Unlike Kuemper, I don't believe we've seen Husso's ceiling at all. Being someone who is younger and doesn't have some of the health/durability concerns that have been present with Kuemper in the past, I believe Husso is most certainly a candidate to continue to develop and reach higher and higher levels, both in the regular season and playoffs. I would have a lot of faith that my goalie coaches could do wonders with Husso given his raw talent, tools, stage of his career and his play throughout the season.

So if I'm Sakic and I want to make a bet on a goalie who is worth giving a long term contract to, to bet on as someone who can provide solid goaltending both next year and further into the future, Husso is a better bet for me than Kuemper.

 

[AcerComputer]

Leafs offer $2.9M x 7 years front loaded.

 

[jmelm]

Leafs offer $2.9M x 7 years front loaded.

2.9 seems like a very specific number.

If I'm Husso, I would rather sign a 3 year deal for $5M per season, and bet on myself so I can sign a more lucrative, long term deal when I'm still only 30.

 

[minibrodeur]

Yup. My rationale is simple:

Gruabauer was a quality goalie, but not a world-beater. Sakic didn't feel he was at a level that he had to get in a bidding war for him. Most importantly, Sakic showed he's not afraid to move on, especially if he thinks there's someone out there who's even better.

Kuemper had a great regular season (particularly the 2nd half) but has been fairly mediocre in the playoffs. At 32 years old and with a lot of NHL games under his belt, he's pretty much a finished product at the NHL level -- meaning that he should be able to maintain his current levels of play but is not likely to improve substantially in the coming years. He is what he is.

Husso: this is a player who, despite being 27, is relatively young in terms of peak goalie years and certainly in terms of NHL experience. Unlike Kuemper, I don't believe we've seen Husso's ceiling at all. Being someone who is younger and doesn't have some of the health/durability concerns that have been present with Kuemper in the past, I believe Husso is most certainly a candidate to continue to develop and reach higher and higher levels, both in the regular season and playoffs. I would have a lot of faith that my goalie coaches could do wonders with Husso given his raw talent, tools, stage of his career and his play throughout the season.

So if I'm Sakic and I want to make a bet on a goalie who is worth giving a long term contract to, to bet on as someone who can provide solid goaltending both next year and further into the future, Husso is a better bet for me than Kuemper.

If Colorado wins the cup with Kuemper do they really need him to improve? He'll have shown he's good enough. In that case, would they need to gamble on Husso's potential? Get into a bidding war with limited cap space to sign an unproven goalie to a long-term deal? Are they that confident in Francouz? I'd say too risky for a team in win now mode, I see someone like Campbell drawing more interest from Col.

 

[PocketNines]

2.9 seems like a very specific number.

If I'm Husso, I would rather sign a 3 year deal for $5M per season, and bet on myself so I can sign a more lucrative, long term deal when I'm still only 30.

Understand that Husso had one excellent month. It was January. Then he had a very good April. He was below average in February and March, and he was below average in May. He had two very strong starts, one decent one and four stinkbombs in the playoffs. He'll have to level up. Like you say, maybe he has more in him. But paying him 5M a year before he does it based on this thin a resume is a full gamble.

 

[Cape]

Understand that Husso had one excellent month. It was January. Then he had a very good April. He was below average in February and March, and he was below average in May. He had two very strong starts, one decent one and four stinkbombs in the playoffs. He'll have to level up. Like you say, maybe he has more in him. But paying him 5M a year before he does it based on this thin a resume is a full gamble.

He was 91,56% in february?

 

[TommyDangles]

I expect 4 years 5M similar to Ullmark deal.