[bigrangy]

I think you really have to look long and hard at the people surrounding the goalies before you go and spend 6+ million on one. No goalie (recently) has ever gotten better the longer he stayed with the Flames. At this point I don't think it's just bad luck.

That being said, I think Petr Mrazek is slightly falling out of favor in Detroit and I think that he is still a stud and will absolutely be a top 5 goalie for a long time. I wouldn't even mind dangling a top prospect for him (since the Flames just bungle those anyways) and maybe some picks. Detroit needs to pick between Howard and Mrazek for expansion and with the way both have played this year it's going to be real hard for Ken Holland to make the right choice.