I look at it this way. Ortio looked awful this year and is doing nothing special in the AHL, Gillies is done for the year and now loses a whole years worth of development, HIller has been very bad and is getting old, Ramo has be OK. Bernier had great success in LA and has struggled in Toronto. Many players struggle there because of the insane amount of media and fan pressure. I think Bernier would be a good pick up. He's a decent age and could end up being a decent asset going forwards. As many have said if the price is right then it's worth a shot. We have no goalies under contract next year anyways so if he doesn't pan out as a starter he would be a decent back up and you try to get a guy like Ben Bishop as your starter next year.
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