Confirmed with Link: NY Rangers re-sign Cam Talbot [1 year/$1.45M extension]

[TheTakedown]

Now we can trade a #1 goalie for Alzner :p

 

[nevesis]

Pretty good cap hit for the best goalie on the Rangers.

 

[Machinehead]

Sarcasms. Mint loves Hank.

 

[nevesis]

Sarcasms. Mint loves Hank.

Thats why we have emoji's here. He needed a after that.

 

[NYR Viper]

Love this deal. Lock up Talbot for another year. He has been a very good back-up here in NY. Allows for Skapski/Halverson/Shesty to develop another year although I hope Talbot is around for a while. Very calm.

 

[silverfish]

Makes you wonder why he wouldn't even think of testing the market...

No complaints here, we're gonna need him until another kid is ready.

 

[RangerFan23]

Trade value is often more about "how good you are compared to your contact (and when it expires)" rather than "how good you are". Talbot just became a lot more valuable trade chip should the Rangers decide one of the young guys is ready and move Talbot this summer.

 

[aufheben]

But he's gonna bolt this summer!

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

His numbers were absolutely ridiculous last year so yeah, I expected him to test the market as soon as he could. Good to see it turn out this way instead.

 

[Machinehead]

Thats why we have emoji's here. He needed a after that.

Perhaps, just to be safe. But truth is, people say things when they're mad, but nobody thinks Talbot is the best goalie on the Rangers. Nobody.

 

[nevesis]

Perhaps, just to be safe. But truth is, people say things when they're mad, but nobody thinks Talbot is the best goalie on the Rangers. Nobody.

This is HFboards. Logic doesn't apply.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

Leave it to slats to get the easiest contract done first.... What's the word on hags or step or staal or mza

 

[Thirty One]

Realistically they are the only team looking for a goalie aside from WSH (whose only heard rumors about)

If I were a team looking for a new starting goalie, I'd have to hope there would be more intriguing options than Cam Talbot.

 

[OverTheCap]

Good signing.

Talbot been solid in his role and is one of the better backup goalies in the league, but odds are he wouldn't be a top starter in the NHL, especially on a team like a Edmonton. He's in a great position to succeed here as a backup so I'm not entirely surprised he opted to extend instead of seeking out a starting job with another team.

 

[AHB*]

Solid back up making solid back up money.

Doubt there's a starting job out there for him and he knew it.

Smart man.

I don't really think this is true!

 

[Mikos87]

Love it... They couldn't afford to lose a reliable piece like that. I wish it was a 3 year deal but hey, he's here and it prevents a need from coming up.

 

[we want cup]

I doubt he'd have had much of a shot at a starting job elsewhere given how few games he's played. At best he could have hoped to work himself into a true timeshare, but in that situation he probably wouldn't have gotten paid much more than this, anyway.

 

[Kane One]

Didn't see this coming. Great job, Slats.

 

[Trxjw]

Nice. He's been just about as good as you could hope. Glad to have him around for another year.

 

[nyr2k2]

Perhaps, just to be safe. But truth is, people say things when they're mad, but nobody thinks Talbot is the best goalie on the Rangers. Nobody.

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=722907

 

[Infinitum Vitae*]

Didn't see this coming. Great job, Slats.

Nope it wasn't Sather! He gets hate not credit!

 

[Kane One]

Nope it wasn't Sather! He gets hate not credit!

Haha. When we do something well, we give Gorton the credit. When we don't, we blame Sather.

 

[eco's bones]

Good deal. Personally I thought Cam was going to look elsewhere if for no other reason than to get more playing time somewhere else.

 

[pld459666]

I don't really think this is true!

I do.

I don't care who the goalie in in Edm, that team is going to make you look real bad.

That said, Victor Fasth is better than Cam. Scrivens is better.

What team out there needs a goalie?

Job market for goalies is pretty thin which is why they don't get market value in trades.

There's no other team that I can see that Cam would be a shoe in as a starter.

It's no knock on the guy. He's a very good back up and is being paid (and more importantly played) like one.

I'm sure he and his agent surveyed the field of potential destinations and did not find one spot that he could parlay into a bigger contract and a starting job.

It's what good agents do

 

[Machinehead]

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=722907

Exactly. That thread is legendary for how silly it is.