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Originally Posted by Infinit47
He has had one bad season in the 9 ish years he's been a starter and one kind of meh season. The rest are good to very, very good.
His one horrible season was apparently due to I believe a tough or stressful pregnancy.
He is likely to be a Vezina finalist 2 of the last 3 years after this one ends.
This is about as sure a thing as you get in a goalie.
For $3mil a year the risk reward is very attractive and over he next two years gives the Devil's as good a shot as they will find for solving their goaltending issues.
If goaltending is so unimportant I would asky why more teams weren't lining up to take Holtz off the Devil's hands.
Fitz said the entire goalie market was coughing. Perhaps he is due for one of those, "it's not you, it's me" moments.
And Markstrom was my least favourite Flame for his play last year. But hearing why, and seeing him back to form this year tells a story.
Fitz was better off standing pat than trading for Jake Allen.
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Yes but the 2 worst years have come recently. And he's aging.
And again, if, as you claim, he was good every year before signing in Calgary, why did he only cost 6 mill as a UFA?