If the goal is to get a goalie for the best years of his career I'd say you would ideally be targeting between 28-33. Always exceptions to that mind you. Nothing wrong with having a 31 year old starter and a 30 year old back up. In fact, I would say it's almost ideal.
If you factor in Elliott and Johnsons' abilities with the acquisition costs and their cap hits Treliving knocked it out of the park.
Ortio still could go on to have a nice NHL career (and I hope he does)but I don't want to keep him on the roster for a few years just to see if he has a strong 6+ month long season in him. Let some other team do that. Matt Keetley was once a promising 25 year old goalie too. What's that worth now?
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