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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Will he get it? I am not convinced.
Heading into next year Calgary, Columbus, Colorado, Philadelphia, Edmonton, possibly Detroit or Vancouver will be in the market for a new starting goalie. Do you see one of these teams committing a $10.0 m cap hit on a long term deal to a goalie? I am not sure that I do. I agree that Bobrovsky will sign for more than $7.5 m, but I don't think any goalie is getting close to $10.0 m.
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Whether it's 7.5 or 10, I doubt the Flames will be in the running, I think we are much more likely to be in the market for a lower tier goalie such as Varlamov. Ideally we would be looking for another "bridge" situation, assuming everyone in the crease from Parsons up takes a positive developmental step forward. Doubt there will be many goalies going into free agency looking for term of that nature though.
Also you can scratch Colorado off that list of definite teams looking for a starter, they signed Grubauer to a 3 year deal for a reason. It's likely he successfully segues into the full time role by season's end.