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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Koskinen is in the better position to make more money because he's a UFA and he's proven to his team, that he's going to be their #1 this season and going forward. What other option does Chiarelli or whoever else is in charge going to have next year? They had no goaltender under contract.
Sign Bobrovsky or Varlamov to potential albatross contracts? Or sign Koskinen to a deal now. Who knows what those other 2 I just mentioned are going to get, so Koskinen's deal might actually end up looking great in comparison. IMO, contracts are all about supply and demand and leverage and unless we're actually in the business itself, we're just left to guess what we think is right.
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On the bold: Sure. And that means a multi-year contract and a raise. But nearly doubling his salary? No, that does not follow. Especially since he essentially got this contract on the basis of a seven game home winning streak.
As for the second paragraph, the possibility that proven goaltenders may get overpaid does not make this signing of an unproven Koskinen a good deal. Your argument is basically the equivalent of saying that the contract we signed Troy Brouwer to was fine because the Oilers paid too much for Milan Lucic. The reality remains that both contracts were terrible.