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Originally Posted by Ashasx
no goalie in the NHL is worth $9M AAV
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First of all, I agree with this.
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Originally Posted by Yoho
Try and find a successful team with a 10mil goalie.
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But since you asked..
10M right now would be 12.6% of the cap.
In 2015, the Rangers were paying Lundqvist 12.3% of the cap, won the President's Trophy, and made it to game 7 of the ECF. I would call that successful.
However - the previous year, Lundqvist made 10.7% of the cap, and the Rangers were not only a better team but went deeper in the playoffs. Against today's cap, 10.7% would be 8.5M which I would probably set as the upper limit for a goalie's salary - and then only for an elite, elite goalie. Price in his prime might be the only guy I'd feel comfortable giving that to, since Bobrovsky has been a no-show in every playoff series he's ever played.