They just paid a huge price to acquire him. Obviously they believe in him if they were willing to trade a 2nd rounder for him. The contract is consistent with what they traded for him IMO. I don't understand why people think he needed to play a game for them as if that somehow changes anything. They had already determined his value prior to the trade, they had scouted him. How do you think teams sign free agent goalies that have never played a game for them either?
The last time we dealt a goalie for a 2nd was actually a young JS Giguere
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