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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
A year ago Columbus was happy to sign Bobrovsky to his contract. He had a down, injury-plagued, year. There's certainly the risk with a high-paid goalie with a recurring groin injury. But unless they are incredibly sold on Korpisalo after 30 games, then it's far more likely that they will just wait-and-see with Bobrovsky. It was only a couple years ago he was the run away Vezina winner, and he's 26. He's not unlikely to bounce back.
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I think it's more to do with the fact Columbus needs to shed a hefty contract or they'll potentially lose Jones, which would be nothing short of disastrous. Ideally they'd love to move Clarkson, but that's not likely in any scenario.
Their next ideal is obviously Hartnell. I imagine that is a moveable contract for the right package, however, time is running out for said deal to be discovered. As such they need to expand their internal options, or at least consider doing so. Bobrovsky solves their financial issue and then some, and they have the depth within that position to move ahead. Certainly Bob's credentials are superior, however, he's been plagued with injuries so he's not doing them any favours by being hurt all the time 'and' locking up as much money as he is.
I'm sure ideally they'd be happy to retain him, but unless they can discover a solution with one of their other gaudy contracts, this may need to be a consideration for them if only on the back burner for an 11th hour to keep Jones.