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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Neither sounds particularly appealing to me at the moment, especially considering cost.
Murray has won 2 cups and has looked fantastic... but for two consecutive seasons he has looked - at best - pedestrian. Rumours that he just isn't the same after his injury scare me.
Kuemper looks like the real deal, but so do a lot of goalies over the years for a short period of time. Is he the real deal, or just another Elliott? Or worse, another Jim Carey. I don't know.
I am pretty negative on goalies right now, however. Ask me about any goaltender, and I seem only able to see the downside. Heck, I will find something negative about Price and fixate on it for weeks even if the Habs retain 50% and it only cost the Flames future considerations. That's where I am at when it comes to goalies at the moment.
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Elliot was never a bad goalie- he was just never an undisputed starter. His numbers were inflated in St. Louis by playing behind such a great defensive team. He is a perfectly average NHL goalie.
I don't think it's fair to compare Kuemper to him. Kuemper has been putting up unreal numbers in Arizona and LA in front of some pretty pedestrian teams. He had the 4th most goals saved above average this year despite only playing 29 games.
I don't think it's too surprising to see Khudobin have so much success in these playoffs when Bishop went down because he actually had the 3rd most goals saved above average this season.