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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Look at his numbers up until the moment he joined STL. They're Hilleresque.
And as pointed out by other posters he only played more than 50 games once. Less games and more rest and I'm not surprised his stats are a bit better. But I think we want a guy that's proven to be able to handle the majority of starts and maintain the numbers.
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Look at his age as well. Frankly, I don't give a damn what he did prior to the NHL. What has he done in the past three or four years. That is all that matters, and he's been great. And who gives a rip about if he has played a max of 50 games? That was a team decision. I'm sure we can play him more if we need to. But we are also going to finding a capable backup. It's not like he should have to play that many games if Treliving does his job.
Given the choice of Ben Bishop at $7M or Brian Elliott at $3M, I'll take Elliott and use that extra $4M to shore up our forwards and defense.