Yeah, a lot of those goalies were still top 5 goalies in the league. The difference is, much like RFA's getting paid UFA money, we're also hitting a time where you can no longer get a top 5 -10 goalie for peanuts because "nobody in the NHL pays goalies, it's just a thing".
The NHL salary structure started becoming an algorithm that is finding out exactly who gives the most value, at what age and how much to pay.
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