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Old 10-17-2021, 01:34 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814 View Post
He’s way down the list of problems, that’s for sure.

And there’s something to be said for consistency in the crease.

But Talbot signed a 3 year $10.8M deal with Minnesota. Which means we could’ve had him back for something in that ballpark.

Treliving instead chose to give Markstrom twice the term and $25M more because…………

It’s decisions like these that cause this team to be capped out all the time. There’s no reason for it, other than they want some good press July 1.
There is better way to find money. Especially with Vlader costing so little against the cap. If we were running Talbot/Vlader I’d be worried, and we’d end up having another 1b type guy for around 2.5-3.5 mill. And Markstrom is better.
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