The extra year is hardly the problem as 2.2M is cheap for a goalie that is ready for a 1B role, especially with the cap increase next year. It's all about this year's cap situation this year.
Ahh ok I missed that. In any case I don't agree the extra year is not a big deal, almost no teams are looking for a mediocre goalie for two years that costs cap space. For one year, maybe.
This is the problem with stat watchers. "His sv% means he sucks," literally just choose 3-5 of his games from last year, watch the 10 minute highlight video on youtube and see how well he plays yourself. He faced the some of the lowest shots/60 of any regular goalie in the league last year. So when he has 1-2 PP goals against in a game the opponent scores 1 minute into OT that hurt his sv% much more than a goalie who faced 31 shots a game (league average).
But here's the problem. Wolf won the goalie of the year in the AHL but that doesn't make him an instant success in the NHL. He is not a better goalie than Vladar is right now but with proper guidance and experience he absolutely could be in 2 years or so. The difference between goaltending at the AHL and NHL level is pretty big. Wolf is still waiver exempt for 2 more years as well so we are not under any pressure to bring him up.
I was under the impression the point was to trade Vladar to get Wolf in there. Is that not the case? What's the premise of a Vladar trade?
Likely. It's why I said "if we could find a taker." OEL was moved and should have been more untradable than Markstrom.
That is the point as Wolf should be NHL ready as a backup to learn from Markstrom. But trading Vladar is not a must. Calgary isn't going to just place Vladar on waivers to promote Wolf when Wolf isn't a clear upgrade at this point in time. It's counterintuitive. If Calgary can make a trade that gets them value for Vladar while also promoting Wolf then it makes sense
Future considerations.
I didn't mean him just thrown in as well, obviously there would have be another piece going to Calgary. Toffoli hasn't exactly had the greatest start in NJ though.
Toffoli is interesting. He doesn't "look good" out there. But then you look up at the end of the year and he has 30 goals and 70 points. All last season I thought he didn't look good, but he led our team in scoring by a wide margin.
He's a player that I hadn't watched a whole lot before he went to NJ but he constantly has to re-set when he receives a pass, so instead of one-timing it he's stopping it and then shooting and of course it's getting stopped. I seem to remember his one-timer being one of his strengths but so far it hasn't shown on the ice.
He's not a one timer guy. He's a wrist shot into a teacup guy. You'll love him in the very high top of circle range on the PP. He's absolutely deadly from there. Horrific skater, but you guys have loads of speed.
Oh okay, so far his skating hasn't been an issue but the finish hasn't been there at all.
