The offseason goaltender market
The Chris Johnston Show: Chris Johnston on the goaltending market heading into the offseason.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“You understand, the goalie market. We’ll see Jordan Binnington. It’s type of a which way does it go form of summer for him. You understand, he’s one yr out from UFA, you already know, a way that St. Louis is trying to shake things up with Alex Steen set to come back into the GM chair. And you already know, obviously his pedigree back from an extended time ago, winning the Stanley Cup in 2019, but additionally with Team Canada, I feel he’s an intriguing option for teams.
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You understand, Adin Hill is on the list, often because he’s, you already know, in peril of mainly being a salary cap casualty. You understand, he’s been disregarded during this playoff run by Carter Hart in Vegas, signed for a variety of more years. And Vegas goes to should clear some cap space, each to increase Rasmus Andersson, you already know, Pavel Dorofeyev of coming off an ideal playoffs and two great regular seasons is an RFA. And you already know, I just think he’s vulnerable to being moved.
And clearly, there’s teams on the market on the lookout for a goal. I mean, and Aiden Hill, big guy, athletic guy, you already know, got Conn Smythe votes when the Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup in 2023. So you already know he’s done it before. I feel the one issue with him really is, is his health. He’s had trouble staying consistently healthy enough to play a whole lot of games, but you already know, definitely see him as a possible goalie that we see on the move.
And you’ve two younger players, Sebastian Cossa, who I feel we’ve touched on a bit in Detroit. Didn’t didn’t get a whole lot of playing time at the top of the yr, was was form of passed late within the season in Grand Rapids, and watched loads from the bench. He’s, he’s going to lose his waiver restrictions, you already know, next season. You understand, they’ve Trey Augustine as well within the Red Wing system, he’s someone I feel for teams on the lookout for a younger goal he could trade for.
After which Devon Levi of the Buffalo Sabres, you already know, slash Rochester Americans. I mean, Buffalo’s crease is already pretty stacked; they used the three goalie monster with (Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen), Alex Lyon, and Colten Ellis this yr. You understand, Devon Levi notably didn’t get an NHL start, and you already know he’s someone that teams are actually showing an interest in as well.
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So, you already know, there’s lots, there’s lots there for goaltending, despite the fact that possibly the free agent market doesn’t, you already know, the free agent market really is Stuart Skinner and Sergei Bobrovsky at the highest end of it. But we all know the goalie carousel will get moving here soon.
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