Anyone that is thinking we should trade for another teams sloppy seconds unproven backup goalie needs a reality check. We need to stop taking the path with the least amount of risk. We do not need another Ramo, Hiller or Elliot situation next year.
Ben Bishop will cost us nothing in the way of assets. Ben Bishop is very similar both physically and in play style to Gillies and would be the ideal goalie for Gillies to learn from. Lastly so long as we can keep the goalie position to 8M between starter and backup we should be ok in terms of the salary cap going forward.
Legit #1 goalies are proving more and more they do not drop off in terms of their level of play until they are in that 36-40 age bracket. Signing Bishop for 6 years would carry very little risk. He's a bonafide #1.
Heck Kipper's numbers weren't anything special yet people defend him as our Goalie Mesiah.
It's Bishop/Gillies as anything else is an utter waste of this teams development and window to win.
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