Listening to Hockey Central, they're talking a lot about 'why now?' and I have a theory...
They are trading Talbot at the deadline (or losing him in the off-season), leaving them with 0 NHL goalies signed for next year
They know they're terrible, and have a pretty good idea of what goalies want to play in orange
With the numbers they might be speculating someone like Bobrovsky will want to sign with you, they know that what they saw in Koskinen would be their best case scenario
Koskinen and his agent have an idea of this as well, which is tough not to when they are asking you to re-sign 25-30 games into your first NHL season
If all that is true, Chia & Co are faced with over-paying now, or having 0 goalies in the off-season and over-paying more then... while also gambling that goalies choose to play on your team.
Even if you give them credit for being aware of the garbage they're putting on the ice and the league perception of their efforts... it's a pretty good sign that there's a lot more to come.
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