ChaoticOrange
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Ok so then is there a way in which that can be done through a sweetener with Jones given where the two are at value-wise?
Probably not, no.
Goal is a really difficult spot to have dead weight. By themselves they can straight up cost you games.
Koskinen is good, but he doesn’t have the stamina to go more than 50-55 games in a good season. Jones’ buyout sucks. He can’t really be buried. Back to back .896 seasons. Neal, while not an impact player, still helps the powerplay and when healthy was pretty solid in a bottom six role for us. I can’t really think of what would make it worth my time to hand Martin Jones 35 starts a season. “Worse than Mike Smith for four more years and negative cap relief because we retained on Lucic to add Neal” is a bitter pill to swallow for small additions.