RainingRats
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- Dec 28, 2008
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We are 10th overall (good/slightly above average) for scoring chances against. 23rd overall (not so good/below average ) for high danger scoring chances. CBJ is 14th for scoring chances against and 15th for high danger scoring chances against so they’re average defensively.IMO we should pass on Bob if it takes above $6.5 million to resign him and even then we should think twice. Performance matters. Playing behind a very solid D in the defense oriented system run by Torts, Bob has a 9.09% save percentage this season allowing 2.72 goals per game. Those numbers would presumably balloon for the worse playing behind Florida's porous, mistake prone D, which gives up way too many high quality scoring chances. I have not seen the analytics but I would bet our D is bottom five or worse in the league on 5-5.
I think it’s a fair question to ask are we going to be a better team with a goalie and d-man for bob’s salary or bob in net?
I also think it’s fair to ask, should we even be paying someone a ton of money coming off that kind of year? No question he has the resume to deserve a big pay day but there’s no guarantee he gets back to his Vezina days. Cory Schneider’s game fell off a cliff. Montreal looked like they were screwed but then Price bounced back.
My opinion is that we should try to trade for a goalie or sign a UFA goalie other than Bob first. No clue who that is though. I think Bob should be our second or third option. I’m also not a fan of overpaying him to get Panarin. I’m not convinced they want to play in Carolina. I do think Philly is a potential option and they will get Q but not sure they have the cap space.
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