Sportsnet: Jennifer Botterill and Luke Gazdic when requested if groups must be paying high cash for goaltending.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
David Amber: “Subsequent yr, the explanation I deliver that up is as a result of we’re going to check out the best AAVs for goalies across the league, and also you see Ottinger, Ullmark, Swayman, and all minting these $8.25 million offers. Which begs the query, philosophically, you guys, in case you’re working an NHL franchise, are you going to pay high greenback for goaltending, understanding that that place has been a bit precarious in recent times, Jennifer?
Botterill: “I feel completely you spend money on that place. You have a look at the board you simply confirmed there, David, you’ve the (Sergei) Bobrovsky and (Andrei) Vasilevskiy on the on the high of that checklist, proper? So you’ve three of your final 5 Stanley Cups have been awarded to those two goaltenders.
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So in case you’re a franchise and also you’re, you’re on this league, your objective is to win a Stanley Cup. So how vital is the goaltender place? I’d say extraordinarily.
And I do know some individuals are saying, effectively, general, there’s the rest-to-work ratio the place perhaps a few of these goaltenders should not enjoying as many video games as they used to. However the entire concept as an athlete is to peak for the appropriate time of the season. In the event you have a look at the Stanley Cup Champions League has been massively vital.”
Amber: “However the rebuttal there’s Adin Hill, Jordan Binnington. You already know, you rattled off the highest, I’m citing some guys who have been, got here out of nowhere and received. Patrick Roy was a rookie when he received. Like he had, you didn’t have to speculate $10 million in a man essentially.”
Botterill: “That’s a little bit extra dangerous.”
Gazdic: “That’s a scenario the place issues simply fall into play. I feel that in an period the place we’re watching beginning goalies begin much less video games than ever, I feel they’re extra precious than ever. The sport is in a spot proper now the place I don’t suppose we’ve seen gamers with as a lot velocity and ability as we ever have earlier than. Groups, gamers are higher than they ever have.
You probably have the primary goaltender who’s dependable, you pay that man. Igor Shesterin, if I’m the New York Rangers proper now and Chris Drury, that’s a clean examine for Igor.
They may win you a Stanley Cup. They may, in case you watch the, particularly the examples that Jenn simply put, goaltenders in at present’s NHL are so precious to their groups that I feel these $8 million contracts. Like eight mill for somebody like Oettinger, I feel that’s a steal. I, if I’m a GM, they’re getting every time they need.”
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Amber: “The one caveat, they higher keep wholesome, proper?”
Gazdic: “True.”