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Originally Posted by PuckDemon
I don't think Markstrom is worth as much as most seem to. Having said that, I see why people have problems with your arguments.
Isn't the reason why goalies are worth less money because their performance is less predictable? You're using the benefit of hindsight to make your argument.
You've also said you consider UFA prices to be the true market value of a player. In that case, acquiring a player in a trade is for a discounted player.
If you were to be intellectually honest, you would have to rephrase as such: you can't get a proven top goalie at a discount exactly when you want him and with minimal competing teams, without massively paying up in a trade.
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Except gibb has also said that UFA players are worthless because they are had for free. ie. Markstrom has no value because the Canucks let him walk to free agency and because he became a UFA he must be bad.