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You would take Montoya over Ward? Interesting choice. If Ward being 34 is relevant what about Montoya being 33? Let's look at Montoya compred to Ward.
Montoya 17/18 3.21 GAA/.893 Save%/4-3-2
Ward 17/18 2.73/.906/23-14-4
That's just last year.
Ward had a better season last year than Montoya, and can push Talbot.
Ward will probably be willing to sign cheap to end is career in his home town.
I don't think he actually means that he'd rather have Montoya, he's just pointing out that over the past half decade Cam is considerably below average, so much so that our current inadequate backup has actually out performed him in 3 of the past 5 years in terms of save percentage and goals against average .
If you strike out everywhere else, he could be a Plan G, but I think you need to aim higher.