Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray announced today the club has agreed to terms with goaltender Craig Anderson on a three-year contract extension which will run through the end of the 2017-18 National Hockey League season. The average annual value of the contract is $4.2 million ($4.75M, $4.75M, $3.1M).
Anderson has carved out quite a nice career for himself. I always kind of figured he would just fade away after his Flames stint….but I guess it just goes to show how damn long goalies can take to get their career going.
Interesting. That is not exactly a starting goalie's salary, more of a 1B salary. I think you will slowly see Lehner take over in Ottawa and Anderson (who isn't that young anymore) will slowly turn into a top notch backup like Giguere did.
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"You know, that's kinda why I came here, to show that I don't suck that much" ~ Devin Cooley, Professional Goaltender
i'm not sold on the senators goaltending. There were times they looked solid, but then last season there were definite streaks of sub-par performances.
Senators are weak offensively, their d is suspect and trending towards more youth (which typically comes wiht growing pains) so there's a lot of pressure on the goaltending to pick up the slack in order to get the Ws. I'd take the "under" on how many times that happens this season.
I see Anderson as a 1A/1B just due to his trouble staying healthy for an entire season. He's been hampered with mostly minor injuries the last few years if I recall correctly.
Sold deal even if Lehner ends up getting more starts in a year or two.
He wasn't that great last season so I'm a little surprised the Senators committed to him for three years but maybe they are hoping that his numbers were due to the team not exactly playing committed defensively.
Senators sign Craig Anderson to 3 year extension ($4.2 mil AAV)
