Quoting: Trickster
Very fair points.
My opinion is Markstrom is too old and Lehner is only tsd younger.
This is cap move as much as getting a new younger goalie.
I think our D will play good enough.
Valid points, but I was thinking Lehner because we could probably get him on a short term contract and Markstrom if we could get him at a relative cap hit to Andersen but it would require more term something like 5×5 or 6×5 again it's risky but it would allow us to move Andersen and still have strong goaltending to compete for a cup. Also, we could move Campbell and bring in Georgiev especially if we signed Lehner but my point was more instead of taking Smith's deadweight contract for a year we could invest that money into the D our move AJ and combine that money to go after another big fish FA. Again, my theory is Andersen is asking for too much and Dubas sees an option to sell to Leafs Nation.
I like and agree with getting younger in the net but as someone else mentioned it's hard to be a number one in TO and my worry is it could be too much pressure for a Georgiev and Campbell tandem... Personally, I'dbe fine with it but if it doesn't work out Dubas would most likely lose his job over it.
You're right, our D can play good enough, all I'm saying is that if Lehtonen is going to play a prominent role and we're going with a relatively inexperienced tandem it adds alot of uncertainty and alot more pressure on the rest of the team to overperform if it doesn't work out. I'm not trying to be negative just trying to look at it from Dubas' point of view and it's a tuff sell.