Rejoint: juill. 2021
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I think this is one of the best signings of this summer. He’s shown enough over two seasons and playoffs to convince me that he’s probably going to be a #1 goalie for a long time. Dallas may wish they had signed him for longer, but teams that sign goalies long term, no matter how good they are, often live to regret it. Three years should be safe, and the team will be in a good position to negotiate another good contract with him when he comes out of it, as he’ll still be a RFA without arbitration rights.
That’s the way bridge contracts are supposed to work, but I don’t really think of this one as a bridge. Bridge contracts usually mean “let’s wait and see how he develops before we commit long term”, but I think they already know what they have in Oettinger. This is more about avoiding the curse of the long-term goalie contract.