Confirmed Signing with Link: [EDM] Oilers re-sign Mikko Koskinen (3 years, 4.5M AAV)

[krutovsdonut]

27 nhl games in the last 8 years is clearly enough to make that call on a 30 year old goalie, because goalies are rarely streaky and you never see hot goalies that come out of nowhere regress when the league figures them out.

 

[Claypool]

That's a lot of money for a guy who didn't even play a full season in the NHL. There's not a lot of video on this guy yet. Opposing teams will find his tendencies. It should have been a two-year deal at most.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

i love this site just for the Chia related news

 

[JurassicTunga]

Seems kind of risky. Koskinen has played about 30 games in the NHL and he's 30 years old.

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

That is just too ****ing funny

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

That seems steep.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Giving a goalie who has 30 career games and replacement level numbers, 4.5 million seems really really really really really really really really really really really really really stupid

Not enough reallys there.

 

[justafan22]

Talbot + 1st
for....

 

[DCDM]

I wish I could do my job well for just 30 days and get a 4.5M salary.

 

[Yatzhee]

I'm not saying it was Aliens,
BUT
It was Aliens...………..

 

[Tatar Shots]

That deal is insane

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

I figured they’d roll with Koskinen moving forward. Talbot never met expectations after 16-17.

But man oh man, Chia made Koskinen a rich man in like 6 months. 16M bucks for KHL resume and less than 30 starts for EDM

 

[Ty Dolla]

hahah love it! Goalie with 31 games of NHL experience for $4.5 Million for 3 years. Oh Chiarelli you keep doing you man!

 

[PensandCaps]

Casey DeSmith who has better numbers and more games only got 1.5 per over 3 years.


So what exactly was PC using as a comparable?

 

[God King Fudge]

Oof.

 

[Bubbles]

Looks like Chia is giving favors before he's out the door! It's like asking the Godfather for favors at his daughter's wedding.

 

[ATypicalCanadian]

That's a bit steep for a guy with half a good season. Curious to see if he still keeps the NMC or he got paid extra $ to have it lowered to just a trade clause.

 

[Kybb79]

Alot of money after just getting lit up by Calgary and Carolina.

 

[Gio4PM]

If Koskinen keeps his current play up that's a good deal. But that's a fairly BIG if...

His current play is 4 out of 7 games in January under .900, for a one month total of .891.

 

[Legend123]

What the??? 4.5M?? Damn, didnt know Price was underpaid
Oh wait its Chia doing Shiat!

 

[NJ DevLolz]

Hahaha

 

[Brock Radunske]

Yikes.
Signed Talbot after a tiny sample size, too. How did that work out?

 

[Mestaruus]

Day of the Finnish players' contracts. Next up Laine, Aho, Rantanen and Kapanen.

 

[oobga]

Chia is making sure it's gonna take whoever replaces him many years to be able to do a damn thing.

The hell was the rush? This is beyond top dollar for Koskinen. We couldn't wait until he played at least 40 games?

 

[DFF]

LOL now we have to pay Rittich 5M