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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
I think quite a few of us have reservations on that Tanev and Markstrom signings, mostly because of their ages.
Markstrom has a career 91.1% and is on the wrong side of 30. He basically got 36 million dollars for having a 48 game stretch at 91.8%.
When he is 36, will his save percentage be above 91.1? I think that's unlikely (partially because save percentages are getting lower in general these days).
All of the cup winning goalies lately have been young and homegrown. No UFA goalie signing has won a cup in at least 50 years.
I do think Markstrom will be great for the first 2 years of the contract though, and I'm excited to see how he performs.
I think the Tanev signing is worse, because he has already been regressing for a few years. The main problem with him is the lost opportunities. The Flames could have signed Hoffman, Barrie, Hall, Granlund, for pennies on the dollar instead. All with much shorter term.
I like Tanev as a player though, and I think like Markstrom, he'll bring value to the team for 2 years. And it'll be nice to have him in the playoffs.
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48 game stretch? Markstrom has been the Canucks best player two years in a row. With a goalie the team in front of him has a lot to do with the numbers. He was fourth in Vezina voting ahead of guys who had better numbers because GM's know what's up. Guy absolutely stole game after game. People think Demko is pretty good go check his numbers with the same team in front of him. (not to mention Demko got the weaker teams when both were healthy)
Also, career playoffs 91.9% playing behind that dumpster fire team D
The whole "no UFA goalie has won a cup" thing is also short sighted...it is VERY rare for a team to let a quality goalie walk as a UFA and in this case it is only happening because of an expansion draft. (and poor GMing IMO) Teams normally keep their MVP goalie or if push comes to shove they trade him.