 RDOilerfan
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| Goose wrote on Mon, 02 November 2020 10:42 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 02 November 2020 07:16 |
I don't like the Smith signing either but at the same time, who are they getting for 1.5 mill? I am asking that question because I don't know the answer. This was supposed to be a year when goalies came in cheap because there was a lot of them, I don't think we saw that.
Guys who were better than Smith who signed:
Talbot - 3 yrs, 3.66 per
Khudobin 3 yrs, 3.333 per
Holtby - 2 yrs, 4.3 per
Markstrom - 6 yrs, 6 per
Crawford - 2 yrs, 3.9 per
Griess - 2 yrs, 3.6 per
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The main problem I have with the Smith signing (besides him being terrible) is, why did they need to do it now? Was anyone going to steal Smith away? Probably not. And if they did, he's replaceable.
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That's totally fair. I do wonder if they had of waited was there really a risk he was signed? I have my doubts and if you wait do you get him for cheaper potentially? Hard to say. I will say that goalies did go faster than I thought they would and for more money. Anyone decent was scooped up pretty fast and for more than what I would want to pay. I wouldn't want the Oilers to have paid the money that any of the guys I listed both in dollars and term. I didn't think the Oilers should be signing anyone longer than 1 year. With the expansion draft coming, I do wonder if you could get a goalie from another team. I like the Columbus guys. I thought one would get traded but they didn't, sounds like prices were sky high. Does the price drop with expansion coming? Same goes for teh Rangers.
I saw Inferno list Dell. I am not convinced he's an NHLer. I listen to Kevin Woodley on Gregor's show and he doesn't give me confidence Dell is a full time NHLer.
[Updated on: Mon, 02 November 2020 11:36]
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