Quoting: SDSUFRATMAN
Fair enough. What if it was Schneider and Georgiev for Willy would y’all do it or is Schneider untouchable too?
Also Ranger fans do you Geogiev can be a #1 or just a better 1b situation?
Georgiev's interesting because unlike a lot of other younger goaltenders who've been traded/changed teams recently (Nedeljkovic, Vanecek, Driedger to name a few), Georgiev has a lot more experience (~120 NHL Starts) and he's been solid the whole time. It's interesting you bring up the #1 situation because his stats historically get
better with less rest, and the stretches where he's been forced to play every game for an injured Lundqvist or Igor have been his best goaltending. So it seems like he gets rusty if you sit him and stays sharp if you play him. I'd say he's more of a #1 in that way, and goalies coming out of Benoit Allaire's teaching (Raanta, Talbot, Igor, Lundqvist) have all been exceptional and Allaire raves about him (that's the main reason he hasn't been dealt yet).
I don't think Willy's a fit here. Cap hit is too high without moving a piece like Trouba (Willy for Trouba would be close value-wise but Trouba won't play in Canada) and the positional need is C which Willy hasn't consistently played over a full season, or even most of a season in like 4 years. I love Nylander as a player and if this was a year or 2 ago it'd make a ton of sense but I don't know if it does at the moment.