The Sutter thing is a whole other conversation.
In Calgary he had Iggy as elite forward, getting 70 points. In LA he had Kopitar, getting 70 points. The season he left, they were both over 90
His goalies? Kipper had 1.79 / .933 and 2.07 / .923, and as I mentioned, Quick was under 2.30 5 years out of 6.
Low event hockey
I have no doubt Markstrom will be better, especially under Sutter. See the stats I just posted above.
My doubt is whether he is above average, and that $6 million is an appropriate amount to spend on a goalie
We love to point at Johnny’s 99 point season as an outlier. Why is it unfathomable that a career statistically average goalie with one good year is actually… average?
Why is his one career year the truth?
Average goalie, maybe overpaid. The risk I see is that he is locked in for 6 years, and paid. Talbot is locked in to Minny for three years at barely over half the cost. Brodie walked while Tre was prioritizing Markstrom. When you overpay one guy, you also can create losses elsewhere
Like I said, it’s the blocking goalie / rebound control issue that concerns me
I hope he is Vezina caliber but year 1 of 6 he did not perform to the level of his contract
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