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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
Or just be the much better team with an average goalie and dominate. That's a much better recipe for success than leaning on an expensive goalie.
I don't think there's a team in the last decade who won the Cup because of having a 5+ million dollar goalie in net.
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Haha what?
St. Louis -
Jordan Binnington (yeah, out of nowhere goalie), Jake Allen (4.45M)
Washington -
Braden Holtby (6M), Phillip Grubauer (578K, traded as he outgrew his role)
Pittsburgh -
Matt Murray (breakout young goalie), Marc Andre Fleury (5.75M)
Pittsburgh -
Matt Murray (breakout young goalie), Marc Andre Fleury (5.75M)
Chicago -
Corey Crawford (6M)
LA -
Jonathan Quick (5.8M)
In each situation you either have a young, star goalie breaking out mentored by an expensive veteran, or an expensive veteran.
Binnington isn't a strategy you can follow, but even if it was Jake Allen is better and more expensive than our goalies have been (and younger).
Murray was a star in the making being mentored by a franchise goalie.
Holtby was a star goalie being pushed by a young goalie in the process of breaking out.
Crawford was a star goalie, and previously broke out while he was young.
Quick was a star goalie, and previously broke out while he was young.
None of these teams structure their goalie positions the way the Flames have. Flames keep piping assets and money into older goalies who have never been able to carry the load. The best thing they've done in net is Rittich, and he's a back-up goalie and paid like one - and every year he's been here he's shown he can't take the step into the #1 spot. He needs a better goalie ahead of him.
"Cheap" tandems built around veteran goalies who have proven they can't hack it at the top tier is not how you win a Stanley Cup. The Flames have absolutely no idea how to draft goalies, develop goalies, or scout goalies at any level.