Confirmed with Link: Cam Talbot to the MN Wild (3yrs $3.67AAV)

[Bazeek]

All about term to me. With so many avg goalies available in that tier, wtf are we the one always handing out an extra year.

Double dislike as my two preferred option are still available. Probably could have got Crawford on one year deal with bonuses.

Rumors yesterday were that Crawford wants to sign with a contender, possibly Colorado. What he wants and what he gets aren't necessarily the same thing, but we'll see where he ends up.

Greiss is a little different.

 

[Circulartheory]

Rumors yesterday were that Crawford wants to sign with a contender, possibly Colorado. What he wants and what he gets aren't necessarily the same thing, but we'll see where he ends up.

Greiss is a little different.

I have nothing against Crawford as well and I like him but if people are worried about age decline, he's also turning 36 so that something people would complain about.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Meh, Talbot only had three seasons of being a starter, the rest he's been a backup or 1b. I feel like the Vikings and their QB situation. Can't draft a replacement, sign a stop gap. Rinse and repeat.

 

[mezcal]

One hundred percent prefer Talbot over Crawford. I would have liked to see Greiss or Holtby, but that was a longshot I guess. This could be be a really good thing, its definitely an upgrade.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

And because I always look, a buyout after year two is $2.4M in savings for the 3rd year, $1.2M in dead money the next. Probably not too unreasonable, if necessary.

 

[Saga of the Elk]

Playing in front of Edmonton. Are you going to say that their defense is better than ours too?

Why so dishonest? You think .908 is good for any NHL starter?

You guys don't notice Suter getting worse? The Wild xGA is a reflection of a conservative team approach, not some isolatable proof that guys like Soucy and Dumba are better than Hanifin and Hamonic, for example. It's one stat.

Talbot is good and bad. Again, he's an upgrade on Stalock. Not much of one.

 

[mezcal]

Does anybody think Stalock gets moved on the cheap to sign a serviceable AHL/backup, to have Kahkonen run with Talbot? Stalock would be a serviceable backup for a lot of teams.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Why so dishonest? You think .908 is good for any NHL starter?

You guys don't notice Suter getting worse? The Wild xGA is a reflection of a conservative team approach, not some isolatable proof that guys like Soucy and Dumba are better than Hanifin and Hamonic, for example. It's one stat.

Talbot is good and bad. Again, he's an upgrade on Stalock. Not much of one.

I don't think that .908 in front of Edmonton's team is the same as .908 in front of our team, no. Not sure what I was dishonest about.

How about scoring chances allowed? High danger chances allowed? One stat is now three.

 

[ThatGuy22]

Why so dishonest? You think .908 is good for any NHL starter?

You guys don't notice Suter getting worse? The Wild xGA is a reflection of a conservative team approach, not some isolatable proof that guys like Soucy and Dumba are better than Hanifin and Hamonic, for example. It's one stat.

Talbot is good and bad. Again, he's an upgrade on Stalock. Not much of one.

And the heatmaps, shot charts, high danger chances against stats that we are also always at the top of that lead to the great xGA?

Why are you comparing our 4th and 5th defenders to their 2nd and 3rd. It's not those two that lead to our excellent D. It's Suter, Brodin and Spurgeon.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

And the heatmaps, shot charts, high danger chances against stats that we are also always at the top of that lead to the great xGA?

Why are you comparing our 4th and 5th defenders to their 2nd and 3rd. It's not those two that lead to our excellent D. It's Suter, Brodin and Spurgeon.

Seems a little dishonest to me.

 

[2Pair]

Does anybody think Stalock gets moved on the cheap to sign a serviceable AHL/backup, to have Kahkonen run with Talbot? Stalock would be a serviceable backup for a lot of teams.

Stalock is the cheap serviceable AHL goaltender

 

[HotDish]

time for him to freshen up his geography.

 

[a79krgm]

Looking back on Talbot's history, he played in 73 games just three years ago. I'm thinking Stalock will be the new bench mascot. .. Don't feel sorry for him. He's living the dream in his hometown.

 

[MuckOG]

Fans that are ripping this move are trying too hard. He is getting "average" money and doesn't have a NMC.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Fans that are ripping this move are trying too hard. He is getting "average" money and doesn't have a NMC.

I think it's that one extra year kind of like the Spurgeon deal. It feels like the Cousins deal.

 

[TheSauceBoss]

I wish it was a year less term, but I'm not mad at this signing at all.

 

[MuckOG]

I think it's that one extra year kind of like the Spurgeon deal. It feels like the Cousins deal.

Unlike Spurgeon, Talbot doesn't have a NMC/NTC clause. And it's peanuts if Guerin wants to buy-out the final year.

 

[Legegendsofthenorth]

Can you be down the middle on it? If so, that's what I am.

Not my money so not going to care there. Cause to the cap, doesn't matter with the amount Wild have, is he better than what we have, probably.

I thought I had heard someone say Vegas got 2 faced with BG and pissed him off so dont think Fleury is coming...anyone else hear that?

 

[MuckOG]

Can you be down the middle on it? If so, that's what I am.

Not my money so not going to care there. Cause to the cap, doesn't matter with the amount Wild have, is he better than what we have, probably.

I thought I had heard someone say Vegas got 2 faced with BG and pissed him off so dont think Fleury is coming...anyone else hear that?

I'm down the middle on it. I don't think Talbot is the goalie that we need to win the Cup, but I don't think that's what BG had in mind when he signed him. I think the Wild look at him as a serviceable stop-gap until either KK or Jones hopefully can take over.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

 

[GuerinUp]

The important thing is he doesnt need to be protected

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

As I was saying earlier, if he stops the shots he’s supposed to he’s in the Vezina Conversation

 

[Legegendsofthenorth]

I'm down the middle on it. I don't think Talbot is the goalie that we need to win the Cup, but I don't think that's what BG had in mind when he signed him. I think the Wild look at him as a serviceable stop-gap until either KK or Jones hopefully can take over.

After hearing Judfd talk about goalies. One thing he said has really stuck out. You have to be big in today's game. Stalock is small and KK is 6'1 6'2ish but doesn't seem that big in net. Talbot is over 6'3 and this makes me think they like Jones. And is the stop gap until then. He fits that big Athletic mold.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Truthfully, I'm eyeing down the 2022-23 season, so anybody on a somewhat reasonable 2-3 year deal wasn't going to have me up in arms. Was really only worried about something like Markstrom at 7 x $7M or drastically overpaying for one of the Columbus goalies.

 

[Legegendsofthenorth]

He just seems like he is going to fit. Hope he does well.

On to making one big last splash trade