MS
1%er
Martin is a UFA at the end of the season. I think the Canucks should quickly decide whether they want him as the backup next year. I say give him a 2 year 1-way contract at $800K AAV RIGHT NOW! Martin gets some security and the Canucks risk very little.
100% agree.
These are the situations where you strike quickly when you have a chance to leverage a cheap asset long-term.
Scott Mayfield's insanely good contract with NYI is probably the best example of this. When you have a guy who has just cracked the NHL and looks to actually have something, you very often also have a player who really, really wants to lock down a one-way deal to keep himself in the NHL and undervalues himself.
__________
Given where we are as a team, it is absolutely crazy to keep playing Halak over Martin.
I can't believe people are actually endorsing continuing to play a 36-year old who probably has 3 months left in his NHL career over a guy 10 years younger who might be a long-term backup here and absolutely screwing ourselves over next year in the process ... because it would be unfair to Halak somehow.
It's a business. A younger guy on a better deal outplayed him. Tough luck.
Hopefully the team is just using Halak as a backup right now as they try to leverage a way to get him out of here, and aren't planning to get him to 10 games.