 mightyreasoner
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Registered: October 2005
Location: Edmonton
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The very worst part of this very bad signing is that it signals there won't be any effort to extend Cam Talbot this summer. Which means:
a) He returns to career norms and costs you much more to sign when your back is up against the wall next summer.
b) He doesn't, and you are left with no goalies signed for next year, and very little in the system. Fun bonus: Most valuable NHL goalies don't make it to NHL free agency, so you are left chasing cast-offs like Steve Mason.
The Oilers had to take a gamble on their goaltending this off-season, but instead of gambling on a guy (who carried you to undeserved success recently) returning to career norms and having success, they are gambling that their goalie won't and that gamble may result in having no goalies in place for next season. And while I know I'm contradicting myself somewhat - I always talk about how they need to hedge their bets - the message this one sends just feels wrong to me.
Maybe I'm just not sold on the guy they chose to hedge the bet. Because as far as the signing goes... I don't get it.
30-year-old rookies with 4 NHL games rarely suddenly turn a corner. Koskinen has a lot to prove and it getting paid extremely before having done so. $2.5 million is absurdly high for a backup, particularly one that hasn't shown anything at the NHL-level (you could probably justify this on a James Reimer or Jonathan Bernier for example).
I hate that there doesn't seem to be any real concern to bring a young prospect into the lineup. Subban and Pickard were available dirt cheap last year; Pickard still is. Cale Morris just had an absolutely outstanding season at Notre Dame and is a college free agent. THOSE are the guys who you should be looking at signing, guys with an upward trajectory who could conceivably take over the starting job in a few years. There's nothing in the system, Nick Ellis is looking suspect, and for whatever Koskinen is, he's not a young prospect.
Which brings us to Al Montoya. What the heck? A fourth round pick is find to spend on a backup for a couple seasons. The odds of a fourth round pick working out aren't high. But why did they make that trade when they did? Why did they make it if Al Montoya wasn't the long-term plan? Was Montoya so bad that he altered their course, and if so, did the pro scouts not do due diligence? No we have ANOTHER failed NHL (Gryba, Stanton, Montoya) vet taking developmental ice time away from players in Bakersfield. And while I previously had mentioned there isn't much for prospects in the system, my dream is that there will be and that they'll get playing time rather than sitting on the bench watching a buried contract play.
Look, I hope it works out and Koskinen surprises us all and is the next Tim Thomas. I hope Talbot bounces back and we can sign him for cheap. I just don't see much reason to expect that, and I certainly lack faith in the person making those judgement calls.
TL;DR The Oilers overspend on a position that won't see the ice often. They overspend on an unproven 30-year-old rookie. They probably don't extend their starter who previously carried them to success they didn't deserve. And they have no NHL goalie signed beyond next season.
[Updated on: Tue, 01 May 2018 18:58]
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