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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Flames fans should understand this more than anyone. Our dark years pretty much align with a lack of quality netminding.
Vernon
DARKNESS
Kipper
DARKNESS
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Yep and right now ??? is a frightening thing for the organization. We don't know right now if Gillies is the answer long term so IMO this team needs to be extensively searching for the next Kipper all the time. I don't see any franchise goaltenders in free agency and with the salary cap situation approaching the ceiling you have to wonder if it makes sense to sign a guy like Reimer to a 5x$4 million deal or whatever he's going to be asking for. I see a guy like Backlund as a small price to pay for a goaltender that the team thinks can be a franchise starter. It's the perfect time to sell high on some of these players that put up career numbers largely at garbage time. I'm not undervaluing Backlund as I simply value a quality starting goaltender more than a quality 3rd line center.