Something that's occurred to me once or twice in the last little while... and if you knew me you'd maybe be surprised by this, because I never have anything positive to say about Lou Lamoriello... but I wonder if we have him to thank, at least in part, for the (seemingly) increased value placed on goalies?
The Islanders have been sitting on Varlamov and Sorokin for a while now, and you have to think Lamoriello has received calls about one or the other. Obviously the asking price (if there even is one) hasn't been met, or they would have made a trade. And you have to think that a team sitting on a Saros or Ullmark is going to want at least as much for those guys as the Islanders want for Varlamov.
Just something that's crossed my gray matter.
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