The only thing I'm a bit surprised about this is that the Sens aren't going to try to save money on the goalie duo in the next 4 years. They could have let Andy walk and try to sign a back-up for 1 million.
A great duo?
We had these two last year. 27th in goals against, 20th in save percentage.
You can make all sorts of arguments for D play, improvements, etc, but right now that is hardly a "great duo".
Ok and the year prior?
Going to repeat (need to do that a lot on HF before people start to know the facts)
Andy's career with Sens : 0.920% in regular season and 0.926 SV% in the playoffs.
Lehner has a career SV % of 0.918
So Anderson will be around for another four years. I think the extension is at least a year too long, and the team could find itself in a similar situation as with Phillips, Greening, etc. Anderson is a good goaltender, but he has yet to play a full season at a high level (Note full). And if the plan is for Anderson to be the backup in a year or two, then the team significantly overpaid for a #2 goaltender. If the purpose is to have Anderson as the #1 for the next couple of years, then it begs the question what is Lehner's future with the team.
It's a curious move by the team IMO.
lol what the hell? Goalies don't play 82 games. Or if by "high level" you mean a ~0.930 SV% for 65 games+, you're dreaming
Only a handful of goalies can do that (Rask, Rinne, Lundqvist...)
Finally, Anderson has perfect vision (eyes is basically for the most important tool for a goalie) and is athletic, he will still be good for the duration of his contract and will have trade value. When Lehner becomes a top NHL goalie and that one of Hogberg/Driedger show thy are NHL ready, we'll probably trade Craig Anderson and get an asset or two. This guy has a career 0.915 SV% in the NHL and never played for contending/strong defensive teams (except 24 games in 2012-13). He's a good goalie and NHLers/GMs know it.
There are always backups floating around UFA for $1-$2M, if the succession plan for lehner is clear, why not sign Andy for 2 years, then go get a $2M backup to play behind Robin.
I would have preferred $5M for 2 years over $4.2 for 4. Clearly term was important for a 34 year old goalie in these negotiations, but it will be idiotic when he is 38 and costing us $4.2M in cap room riding the pine.
That is an obvious pitfall of this deal.
Ok but I dunno where you got that 34... Anderson just turned 33 years old, he will be 37 y/o at the end of his contract.
^ since there is no NMC I am indifferent. A great big meh. The cap hit is a little high for a backup though I hope this doesnt puch Lehner into playing 2fiddle
Anderson is going into his 6th straight season as a N.1 NHL goaltender.
Will we not be going through the exact same thing in a few years once both their contracts are up at the same time....I'm thinking by the time Lehner's contract is up..he will be disgruntled, and will not want to play here....and Andy will possibly be at the end of his career....so we end up back to square one....with no Lehner, (our supposed future goalie) or Anderson!
Not all NHL players are princesses. Disgruntled players are the exception, not the rule
