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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
No UFA goalie with prior NHL experience has ever won the cup in the history of the NHL. Thomas and Niemi were signings, but they had no prior NHL experience.
This is despite the fact, that at any given moment, at least a third of the starting goalies are UFA signings.
Really, by this logic, Calgary, Carolina, and Edmonton, can't win the cup.
Cup-winning teams don't sign UFA goalies in the first place. Cup-winning teams know how to draft and develop their own goaltenders. Most of these goalies are on the right side of 30 when they do win the cup.
Do I think they Flames should trade Markstrom? Not if they don't have a replacement in mind for next season.
But developing Wolf is extremely crucial. This cannot be understated.
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Absolutely none of this is logical.
Correlation =/= causation.