Dorion's goaltending investments so far:
Andrew Hammond
3 year 4.05M extension
included as cap dump in Duchene trade less than 1.5 years later
Mike Condon
3 year 7.2M extension
traded as cap dump less than 1.5 years later
Craig Anderson
2 year 9.5M extension locking up his age-37 and 38 seasons a year early
Anderson was cooked and terrible both years
Anders Nilsson
2 year 5.2M extension
will end up playing 19 mediocre games
Matt Murray
acquired for 2nd round pick and then signed for 4 years and 25M
has provided no value and might be bought out
Needless to say, I'm not optimistic about this Forsberg deal.
Hammond was a pretty obvious candidate to regress, but that deal was pretty cheap tbh. The cap dump says more about our finances than that deal itself. Barely above $1M... hard to say that's a bad contract. Should be a meaningless thing to bury in the AHL.
Condon was 1 year too long but injuries derailed him. He was probably a decent backup had he stayed healthy.
Anderson... loved him but we did not need to give him that second year. Especially at that stage of his career.
Nilsson was the same as Condon, a slightly higher than ideal AAV but a good length. Injuries were the issue after that contract was signed.
Murray was a bad contract imo. Way too long, way too big of a risk.
For me, the bigger money deals were the mistakes. The backups he signed were not that bad. Maybe slightly too high AAV or one extra year, but that's the Ottawa tax whether we like it or not. Hopefully the guys they've drafted work out. But of all his signings, this one may be one of the better ones (or least bad?)