Chris Driedger has signed a new contract with the Seattle Kraken.

Very nice signing if Driedger can keep playing at the level he has been these past 2 seasons

I wanna say it's a little steep but if he plays like he has so far in his career it'll be a fantastic deal

One of the best goalie over the last two years in terms of GSAx, hopefully he can't keep it up and it's not another Scott Darling contract from Ron Francis.

I guess we’ll see what he’s made out of.

Yikes, this Kraken team is looking awful. Terrible pick after terrible pick, bad contract after bad contract

There's absolutely no reason to have stuck with Driedger with Kahkonen still available. Hell, they could've taken a chance on Bishop and it would've been a better choice. Taking Driedger now also prevents them from getting Vatrano, who would've been a great choice for a paltry forward corps.

26 total games in that time frame. Doesn't deserve anything near this contract

26 games this year my bad, still doesn't deserve this contract

I had Driedger signed to exactly that.

3.5 million x 3.

I voted yes

Driedger did fine in Florida. Even though this was the standard Driedger contract in ACGM's I've seen, it is a bit steep for what he's provided.

Cant wait for the comments about how we thought the same when Vegas came in.

Driedger played well this season in Florida but he isn't a full time starter. Right now this is an overpayment but we'll see if he can live up to this contract

This

Sharks signed Martin Jones when he had 34 games under his belt. Jones was pretty decent for 2 years then he fell off a cliff the last three. Goalies are so hard to tell.

I'd love to see it, but unless there are many trades, this team will finish bottom 5 IMO

Back loaded contract plus the no trade ain't too bad, good gamble

I think this is a good signing for Seattle since Driedger will likely be their starting goalie and is only getting paid 3.5 million. He deserved a better opportunity like this and more money. I have a feeling that he can take it to the next level with the Kraken.

Tell that to Jim Benning.

Benny gave Demko $5,000,000 x 5 years (with less than 50 NHL games played and a career 0.910 SV% in the NHL).

Wooooooooooooooooof.

Or have both Driedger and Kahkonen.

This is exactly what i was thinking. I think hes a good pickup, and hes played really well. But 3 years at this price seems like quite a bit for a guy who has been a backup and is now being thrusted into being a starter. That is assuming Seattle doesn't get a tandem guy to play with him. I don't think Vanacek is the guy to do it.

High risk, high reward, he could fall of a cliff or continue his good pace

good... good.

Shocked they didnt pick Kahkonen, but I would expect Dreidger to platoon with Vanacek- and I wouldnt be surprised if Vanacek ends up being the starter.
This was an overpayment based on the sample size..but not a huge one.

could end up being a steal, if he carries his play from the last two seasons this could end up being a very very good contract.

Solid deal Driedger is a great tendy solid tandem coming to Seattle.

This signing reminds of Scott Darling.
Best of luck to this guy.