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Originally Posted by ricardodw
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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Not sure what your point is.
The Flames had to get to the salary cap floor, needed a goaltender and brought in Hiller sure. He had vertigo and concussion issues in recent seasons. He was a risky gamble but a good use of addition to get to the cap floor given it was only a two year term.
But they were literally and ground zero of a rebuild.
Nothing is comparable to today's team.