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Originally Posted by opendoor
Former being the operative word. Miller has had one great year in his entire career and has been mediocre outside of that. Schneider has pretty much been a picture of unadulterated excellence since breaking into the league.
I find it odd how everyone judges goalies so differently than players. Would anyone be surprised if the guy with the highest points per game over the last 4 seasons signed a $6M contract?
Yeah he's not 100% proven as a workhorse starter, but if Schneider put up those kind of numbers as a starter over 4 seasons his contract would be similar to Lundqvist's $8.5M one. If all he had to his name was one flash in the pan season I'd be inclined to be skeptical as well, but he's now had 7 years of elite play at the pro level including 4 years in the NHL. There's absolutely no reason to believe that he can't continue being a top goalie.
Now one could argue against giving goalies long term big money contracts, and I think that's a tenable argument to make. But if I was going to give one out, Schneider would be among the first I'd give it to.
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I just don't think you can glance over the fact that he is 28 and only once played more than half of a season for his team (45 games last season).
I won't write him off. I think there is a chance that he can live up to it, but it's a pretty big risk too. This is like the contract the Flames gave Roman Turek back in the day. We'll see if the results are different I guess.