Good goalies that hit UFA are usually because of a calculated move on the part of the team that drafted and developer that talent they are going into their twilight years and they have better and cheaper prospects who can take over.
Vancouver favored Demko as younger and cheaper so they let Markstrom go. Markstrom is still a good signing but for UFAs, the risk is who knows how they will be in 6 years. They aren't all going to play to 40 and pull rabbits (and turds) out of their hat like Mike Smith.
For successful teams, many are leaning on the drafted high caliber goalies who are still producing top end results.
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