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Originally Posted by opendoor
I just haven't seen teams place a ton of value on goalies, especially older ones. Vokoun has put up much better numbers than Kiprusoff over the last few years (.923 compared to Kipprusoff's .911 over the last 4 seasons), has been way more consistent, is the same age, and yet he's basically a 1B goalie making $2M. Maybe if Kiprusoff starts to dominate again, but right now he's a 36 year goalie who hasn't strung together more than 1 good season in a row since 06-07. When he's on he's one of the best, but I just think any potential GM isn't really going to know what they're going to get.
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I would agree. Most teams going into the playoffs are going to be committed to goalies that they are not going to take several weeks of Kipprusoff over (either because their goalies are already as good, or get the job done while being much younger and potentially cheaper). The ones that aren't, say like Philly, have other issues that would need to be addressed before bringing someone like Kipper on board. Acquiring a 36 year old goalie who comes with possible retirement uncertainty is not going to be a course of action for non-playoff teams. Either way, I think the time for a big return on Kipprusoff was a year or two ago.