Really?


And the difference is you don't need to pay top dollar to get good goaltending.

Quinn 1.8
Smith 2.0
Holtby 637k
Halak 3.75
Elliott 500k
- dadeadhead

All the guys above are going to get paid because of their performances. IMO between 4-6 mil.

Just to start a new topic....Wondering where Jerry Sullivan is with his you don't need a top goalie to be successful in the playoffs.....look at the final eight, three Vesnia finalists; Brodeur (NJ), and Flyers goalies, all highly paid top goalies....
- JoeSabre

Mie Schopp agrees with that too...I remember him last year...." Philly went to the finals agianst Chicago without a great goalie..."

All the guys above are going to get paid because of their performances. IMO between 4-6 mil.
- ImThatGuy

Untill they do they're not being paid top dollar for top goaltending.

Mie Schopp agrees with that too...I remember him last year...." Philly went to the finals agianst Chicago without a great goalie..."
- sbroads24

Thomas last year was the 1st Elite goaltender to win the cup post lockout.

Really?


And the difference is you don't need to pay top dollar to get good goaltending.

Quinn 1.8Smith 2.0
Holtby 637k
Halak 3.75
Elliott 500k
- dadeadhead

Quick will get a huge raise....Just like Miller got .. So will Holtby if he contunies to play like this, Elliott and Halak are products of the system St.Louis plays.

Thomas last year was the 1st Elite goaltender to win the cup post lockout.
- dadeadhead

last off-season, the philadelphia flyers--poster-child for the cheap goaltending roulette wheel--went with a bonafide #1 starter...at the behest of chairman ed snider

Quick will get a huge raise....Just like Miller got .. So will Holtby if he contunies to play like this, Elliott and Halak are products of the system St.Louis plays.
- sbroads24

So is smith and Quinn carrys the same salary next year.


Like I said untill he gets his raise which isnt til 13/14, LA isn't paying top dollar for top goaltending.

Thomas last year was the 1st Elite goaltender to win the cup post lockout.
- dadeadhead

Cam Ward?
Tim Thomas, Fluery is pretty close to elite, Giguere was pretty close to elite in 2007,

last off-season, the philadelphia flyers--poster-child for the cheap goaltending roulette wheel--went with a bonafide #1 starter...at the behest of chairman ed snider
- b0s0o1

and he's looked like poop the entire season.


Fleury doesn't turn into swiss cheese in the 1st round, Philly's playing golf right now.

Add it to the list!
- Gunner Staal

Gretzky is better than Mario.

So is smith and Quinn carrys the same salary next year.


Like I said untill he gets his raise which isnt til 13/14, LA isn't paying top dollar for top goaltending.
- dadeadhead

They will eventually... If you can keep constantly finding guys on RFA contracts to play, you're right about that. Easier said than done though.

So is smith and Quinn carrys the same salary next year.


Like I said untill he gets his raise which isnt til 13/14, LA isn't paying top dollar for top goaltending.
- dadeadhead

It goes both ways, you dont need to pay for great goaltending when you have guys like Quick, Smith and Holyby playing like they are, but you NEED great goaltending to win the Cup.

Cam Ward?
Tim Thomas, Fluery is pretty close to elite, Giguere was pretty close to elite in 2007,
- sbroads24

Ward wasn't elite at the time and sure wasn't getting paid for it(el contract)
Fleury wasn't getting paid for it
Niemi wasn't getting paid for it
Osgood wasn't getting paid for it
Giguere hasn't been elite post lockout
Thomas I already said he was the 1st elite goaltender to win the cup post lockout.

mixed bag
- homiedclown

He looked so happy to be a bill .. smh

and he's looked like poop the entire season.


Fleury doesn't turn into swiss cheese in the 1st round, Philly's playing golf right now.
- dadeadhead

doesn't matter...

for years they've been putting all of their money into the skaters...last season, they were rotating three goalies...snider had enough of it...

you think chicago regrets going with cory crawford?

It goes both ways, you dont need to pay for great goaltending when you have guys like Quick, Smith and Holyby playing like they are, but you NEED great goaltending to win the Cup.
- sbroads24

You need ride a hot goaltender to win the cup. Salary matters not.



Top center play (only 5 teams since expansion have won the cup without top #1 center)

Top defensive play.

I would be ok with jonathan martin ,stephen hill


The qb i like to get is brock osweiler

He looked so happy to be a bill .. smh
- gerbe75pts

you might be reading (reeding) too much into that

doesn't matter...

for years they've been putting all of their money into the skaters...last season, they were rotating three goalies...snider had enough of it...

you think chicago regrets going with cory crawford?
- b0s0o1

do you not sign/resign

Hossa
Toews
Kane
Keith
Seabrook
Sharp

to change it?

you might be reading (reeding) too much into that
- b0s0o1

it makes me mad that all the players are happy every time .. then we pick

and the player thinks he going to prison

it makes me mad that all the players are happy every time .. then we pick

and the player thinks he going to prison
- gerbe75pts

My guess is he's not thrilled to play in the cold.

do you not sign/resign

Hossa
Toews
Kane
Keith
Seabrook
Sharp

to change it?
- dadeadhead

*shrugs*

they're golfing right now

Ward wasn't elite at the time and sure wasn't getting paid for it(el contract)
Fleury wasn't getting paid for it
Niemi wasn't getting paid for it
Osgood wasn't getting paid for it
Giguere hasn't been elite post lockout
Thomas I already said he was the 1st elite goaltender to win the cup post lockout.
- dadeadhead

Ward is an Elite goalie, so is Fluery, wether they were getting paid for it or not makes the statement that Thomas is the only "elite" goalie to win the cup since the lockout false. Giguere had a 1.87 GAA in the playoffs and had a great year in Anaheim in 2007 and 2008. He was elite for 3 yrs after the lockout, GAA of 2.12, 2.26, and 2.64 with 10 shutouts and 115 wins.

Here are my picks ..


Rangers vs Capitals - Capitals in 6
Blues vs Kings - Kings in 5
Flyers vs NJ - NJ in 7
Coyotes vs Predators - Coyotes in 7

it makes me mad that all the players are happy every time .. then we pick

and the player thinks he going to prison
- gerbe75pts

i thought all of that hugging with goodell was a bunch of crap...