Quoting: CSStrowbridge
This is an important point. I think this is a rare mistake for Sakic and even if Georgiev bounces back, it is still an overpayment which will make finding other pieces harder.
I agree, but that being said, I don't think his mistakes or overpayments are massive. The team's window is now, they have the pieces to win multiple cups in a 3-4 year window here, and their best player (Makar) is a god send that is very much just entering his prime, and he has a great contract that will keep them competitive even when the roster is in decline. So there is logic to just overpaying to cover your short comings, I just think he went a little beyond a reasonable overpayment ( I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but I do think when you are on the cusp like this, there is a reasonable amount you should be willing to overpay for specific needs).
Goaltending is so random, that I think Carolina actually really had a great approach. Find goalies who are clearly talented, have had success, but have fallen out of favor, and make low cost, low commitment bets. If you are a strong team, you can make it attractive to play behind and give a goalie a lot of room to operate. I don't think there are more than about 4-5 goalies in the entire NHL worth making a big cap hit commitment to with term, and I honestly think it's because the reality is after the top 7-8 goalies in the NHL, there isn't a lot of difference between goalies #9-#40, and those small variations in performance just look huge with the heightened expectations. Goalies are expected to be so good now, that the room for error is tiny. If you can't get a top guy, your primary objective should be keeping costs down, not trying to read the tea leaves of which middle of the pack guy is gonna turn into the next Vasy (hint, it's probably not whoever you guess).