[Signing] Devils sign Cory Schneider to 7 year extension ($6mil AAV)

[Locke]

Originally Posted by FAN

This is a fair contract. An aging Ryan Miller got 3 years at $6M. New Jersey can't afford to have another core player leave via UFA for nothing. I bet a lot of Canucks fans are wishing they can have Schneider back at $6M a year rather than Ryan Miller.

I for one think Schneider is a top 10 goalie right now and has shown enough. Watch him play.

I would but I cant because he hasnt.

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

People referring to Ryan Miller as old and aging are out of it, dude is 33. That is not really old for a goalie. Argue Schneider has better skills/ability than Miller but leave age out of it.

Miller has spent almost 33,000 regular season minutes in goal, and playing for an often brutal squad, has been smacked with way more pucks than his peers lately. Schneider has just 8,000 minutes on his odometer, behind much tighter defense.

there's lots of goalies that are very effective well into their 30's, but for Miller, his heavy usage has got to be a factor by this point.