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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Because Talbot isn't good enough.
He had his opportunity to establish himself - and he fell apart.
I get that you don't want to tie up money in an older goalie, and I'm definitely not super sold on it either - but that doesn't mean you have to, or should go back to Talbot.
I'll be disappointed if we come back with Rittich and Talbot as the tandem. That tandem is more likely to be worse than it is to be better (age). Even if they come back and perform the same, we still have bottom-half goaltending and that's not good enough.
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I agree, I'm just saying paying money and term to Markstrom feels about as prosperous to us as re-signing Talbot i.e. not the solution and not something I'm remotely excited to see.
I'd rather see what you can get in a younger guy like Merz, Georgiev, or even Murray and run them with Rittich. See what happens. Is it a recipe for success or a disaster? Who can be sure. Are they even available for a reasonable price? Again, who can be sure?
I know people are sour on Murray but I don't think his issues aren't fixable. Whatever is happening, he's still put up some phenomenal games and stretches over the last couple of seasons, there's still that player that can be a starter there.
If Lehner walks to UFA, I think he's probably the only guy you want. If he doesn't, avoid it. If you need to sign someone who is UFA and don't want to sign Talbot, I can see Holtby being cheap. Has he been any good the last couple of seasons? No, but there is still high upside there. Looking at other older guys via trade, maybe Keumper makes sense? But again, eh.
I just don't see Markstrom as a high upside guy. I think we've seen him at his best, and it wasn't even that great. I guess I have more confidence that guys who have achieved something great can do it again vs. guys who have their career-best season of .918 after 30 and are looking for a 4-5 year deal out of it.