Thorny Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 1 hour ago, bob_sauve28 said: Price's deal is worse than Skinner's, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthEbriate Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Thorny said: Price's deal is worse than Skinner's, right? I'm beginning to agree with you. Oh Artoo, what are we doing here let's look at the numbers: Price is at 10.5M cap hit for 6 more seasons. His final season will be played at age 38. Now, if he were Hasek/Brodeur and still playing in front of elite teams that might be one thing. But Price's last three regular seasons are sv % of .900, .918, and .909. He's already been sliding downward to average-to-below average. Also, if bought out at any point, his cap hit is a full 9M through 2025-26. Only 500k for the makeup years beyond. That's pretty rough if he's playing near Sabres-level-Hutton consistently from here on out. He could come back up to form, but Hasek/Brodeur were really the exception and not the rule. Skinner is at 9M cap hit for 7 more seasons. His final season will be played at age 34. Now, if I sound a little doom and gloom on Price, let's start with: Skinner had an atrocious season. He also was paired with Johansson and Sobotka, and then Rodrigues, Sheary, and Frolik for a lot of the rest of the way. Give him a 2C (or Eichel time), and he'll get back to 25+ goals for awhile.The key is he probably has 3 more solid seasons before seeing the gradual decline of age. This was also the first season he's missed any significant time since early in his career. Toward the end, it might get ugly, but it should be a fairly short ugly stretch (two seasons). Another thing going for Skinner -- if bought out, CapFriendly shows him being a nuisance 2.5M or so for a few seasons after the contract ends, and one gnarly 6M cap hit in the final year 2026-27. However, if bought out anytime after a big signing bonus in 2023, the hits are manageable. And we've seen before that odd teams like Arizona will trade for useless cap hits if they can nab some picks. He's not completely untradeable. Sure... no one is going to call and ask for him, but he could be moved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Balls Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 6 hours ago, bob_sauve28 said: Who the heck would trade for Hutton? He has an eye issue He has a stopping the puck issue. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 They made the move to get a better capable backup who would allow price to have more nights off and keep him healthier for the playoffs instead of going the leafs route and wearing their starter down by the last few games of the season and having nothing left for the playoffs As for the blues, they have a young prospect they want to bring up and are desperate for cap space to keep Pieterangelo around. This moves helps that a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 It’s a pretty forward thinking move if you realize how compressed the schedule is going to be next season. Good goalie tandems are going to be really valuable next season. Let’s hope ours is just that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, SwampD said: It’s a pretty forward thinking move if you realize how compressed the schedule is going to be next season. Good goalie tandems are going to be really valuable next season. Let’s hope ours is just that. They league has been moving to Tandems more now too, I'm not sure if its just that true #1 guys who can play 70+ games a season at a high level are almost impossible to find anymore or if they are finding it better to just give their guys more time off in between starts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, apuszczalowski said: They league has been moving to Tandems more now too, I'm not sure if its just that true #1 guys who can play 70+ games a season at a high level are almost impossible to find anymore or if they are finding it better to just give their guys more time off in between starts. A bit like running backs. Franchise goalies less common, it's a bit mix and match. You don't want to "draft them high", etc Edited September 4, 2020 by Thorny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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