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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
The acquisition cost of Martin Jones as a way to validate Koskinen's contract doesn't add up.
Jones was a 25 year old emerging number one goaltender with a strong resume dating back to junior.
If the Sharks weren't willing to pay a 1st for him someone else would have. Koskinen, I'm not sure he gets north of $3 Million on the open market.
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Martin Jones was never even drafted. He was pretty good in the AHL, played 34 total games as a legitimate back up over 2 seasons and some teams thought he had the potential to be a #1. So he was traded for and signed a $3 million deal in 2015 as an RFA.
Koskinen is actually in a better position IMO. He's played in the KHL for years and did well. He has stolen the job from the Oiler's previous #1 in Cam Talbot and as a UFA in 2019 with the cap sitting at where it is and rising, he should theoretically get more.
Nobody on this message board really knows anything about contracts and what agents and managers are thinking behind closed doors. We don't know really know what his actual demand is nor do we know what his worth would be on the open market. As idiotic as Peter Chiarelli has been with trades and player acquisition, he's still an experienced NHL GM and has a Stanley Cup to his name. So he probably still knows a little more than we do regarding situations like this.