So many goalie rumore and not one involving Vancouver or Toronto? The two teams most likely to make goalie moves.
- flamminghead
Toronto might make a move but it would be Reimer, not Bernier, and people aren't going to make as much of fuss about a backup.
I think if you need a starter, this is a good group to choose from. The real problem for some teams, is getting that decent backup.
I am on the fence with Emery and I would bring him back if the price was right, but what other options for backups are there?
- Pelle31Forever
Possible free agent UFAs backups:
Alex Stalock
Chad Johnson
Thomas Greiss
Al Montoya
Justin Peters
Martin Brodeur (If he doesn't retire)
Carter Hutton
Tim Thomas (Again, if he doesn't retire)
Curtis McElhinney
Chad Johnson
Jonas Gustavsson
Ilya Bryzgalov
Scott Clemenssen
Emery
Past that you're getting into guys who are playing in the AHL aside from a few call-ups.
Now, I have no idea who out of that list is unlikely to be signed. To figure out likely candidates you'd probably have to look into which teams have good prospects in the AHL who are looking to/willing to promote them to the big league backup.
And then, of course, there's teams that might be willing to trade their backup. Toronto springs to mind, although I don't know that they have anyone to replace Reimer.