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We have two goalies who are both playing terrible right now, and are signed for too much money for too long. Both guys have SV% under .900 and GAA far above 3.00. Anderson is 36YRs old (all downhill from here), and Condon is a 27YR old undrafted UFA that doesn't look like starter material
Not only that, but our goaltending pipeline is very poor. Hogberg looks like he has the potential to be a starter, but is no sure thing. Kid has spent most of his year playing in the ECHL because of Lee's mismanagement of Belleville's goalie situation, and obviously needs a year or two to play as the starter in Belleville before we consider bringing him up to play in the NHL full-time.
Beyond Hogberg we have long-shots like Daccord and Hollett who are many years away from sniffing NHL time and, like with most late-round goalie picks, there's a very good chance they end up busting completely.
In short, we have two sub-par goalies signed for 2 more years at an average of 7.5M a year, with no stud future #1 goalie to replace them during that period.
What can be done to fix the atrocious situation in goal that Dorion has put us in?
Not only that, but our goaltending pipeline is very poor. Hogberg looks like he has the potential to be a starter, but is no sure thing. Kid has spent most of his year playing in the ECHL because of Lee's mismanagement of Belleville's goalie situation, and obviously needs a year or two to play as the starter in Belleville before we consider bringing him up to play in the NHL full-time.
Beyond Hogberg we have long-shots like Daccord and Hollett who are many years away from sniffing NHL time and, like with most late-round goalie picks, there's a very good chance they end up busting completely.
In short, we have two sub-par goalies signed for 2 more years at an average of 7.5M a year, with no stud future #1 goalie to replace them during that period.
What can be done to fix the atrocious situation in goal that Dorion has put us in?
