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Originally Posted by Locke
Okay fine, I agree with Textcritic that the League is trending that way, but I also fully agree with Hendog.
How can you afford a solid 51/31 tandem if one of those guys is hauling in $9.5M?
People constantly wonder why goaltenders, a very, very important position, consistently get paid less than superstar forwards, in my opinion its because the Goaltending position has to be shared by a minimum of 2 players now.
A superstar forward is a superstar forward and similar importance is in net but you need 2-3 guys to solidify that part of the roster using the same slice of cash.
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They paid their backup $1.1mil last season.
They signed McElhinney to $1.3mil for the next two seasons.
Back up goalies for legit starters make ~$1mil, and you can mitigate that by drafting and developing your backup goalie. There are lots of options to get 20 games out of someone for a reasonable cap hit. Especially on a well built roster.
(He also had a broken foot last season so I don’t know why everyone’s hung up on 51 games)