Quoting: Celtics21
They also extended Hill immediately and didn’t let him go. If they truly believed that you could find a goalie anywhere, they’d have not resigned him to a good dollar figure contract.
Reality is getting the cheap goalie is possible, but so is watching Copley or Schmid turn to crap after a small sample size of good or watching an old goalie wear down and have mediocre advanced stats that are hidden by an outstanding defensive structure like Talbott
You have to take risks on your roster composition because of the cap. The Kings are a team that has chosen to do it at goalie. Not even criticizing it. I think Boston is getting their moneys worth from their goalies. I personally believe a great goaltender can do more for winning than a second line center, but it’s really just an opinion.
I mean Chicago won with Niemi, Colorado won with Kuemper, St-Louis won with Binnington and Pitt won twice with Murray, all of them got paid after winning (except Kuemper), every single one is a regretful signing, I think Vegas made a mistake to bring Hill back at more than 2.5mil.
Other than Vasilevskiy and Quick teams only win with a nasty team and a goalie that catches fire at the right time. Holtby won a Vezina with Washington but had lost his job to Grubauer and rode a hot streak after Grubauer was replaced.
Crawford for Chicago was never considered a top10 goalie and he won twice.
Vegas didn't choose Hill, Thompson was an all-star, got hurt they went with Brossoit who won them a round and a game, got hurt himself and Hill closed it out