People act like the Flames have never signed a quality goalie that was going to solve their problem in net.
There was a similar UFA signing in 2014 .... only 6 years ago. The Flames got the best UFA goalie Hiller outside of 33 year old Ryan Miller.
Hiller signed for 2 year at 4.5M per season
Hiller had played in 50 games with a 29-13-7 record, five shutouts, 2.48 goals against average and a .911% save percentage age 31
Markstrom played in 43 games with a 23-16-4 record, five shutouts, 2.75 goals against average and a .918% save percentage age 29
Hiller was made expendable in Anahiem by Gibson much in the same way Markstrom was made expendable by Demko.
Goalies are goalies ..... Hellebuyck pretty much the best goalie in the world right now was pretty average just one year prior
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