Quote:
Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Yeah, but what's the reason for Holtby's performance?
Certainly he hasn't forgotten how to goaltend, or lost his abilities at 28 has he?
Was he injured, or nursing an injury of some sort that would affect performance? I honestly don't know, but I would wager that if you can snag Holtby when his value might potentially be lower than it normally is, you wouldn't be one bit sorry about it.
This is a guy who has been top 5 in Vezina voting the previous three seasons, and won it two years ago. He is a prime candidate to bounce back in a big way IMO. If I was WASH I wouldn't dare trade him now.
I remember Bobrovsky's play dropping off a cliff in 2015/16, and people would say that they wouldn't want anything to do with his $7+ million contract, then he bounced back and won his 2nd Vezina the next season and won 41 games.
I would take Holtby 100 times out of 100 over Smith without a seconds hesitation.
|
Well Smith is free and Holtby would cost major assets...Flames biggest need is upfront.
I have no idea what happened to Holtby...just saying he was terrible down the stretch, Smith had a handful of bad games...Holtby was an .800 goaltender for the last three months. Although to be fair he has been good the last couple games.