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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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Markstrom definitely isn't the answer then. Heck, Talbot had better stats than him in the playoffs. Talbot had one bad game. If you want to say he fell apart well so did Markstrom who allowed 15 goals in 4 games against Vegas.
Markstrom and Talbot are both very average goalies. They are fine, but not exceptional. Markstrom is younger, but likely requires more money and term to sign.
Markstrom had 11.4 GSAA this season in 43 games while Talbot had 7.5 in 26 games. I think dishing out a big contract to Markstrom would be a mistake, he has really only had 1 standout season in his career (in a contract year no less).
You want a steady permanent fix then give up the assets for Kuemper. Every other goalie available comes with legitimate concerns (save for Lehner) but I think that ship has sailed. In my eyes Talbot is every bit as good as Markstrom- just comes with less risk.