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Niemi - aging starter playing terrible Lehotonen - aging starter playing terrible Meanwhile Dallas has no goalie prospect ready to move up Signing Bishop and buying out one of your crap starters makes sense here. Howard - aging starter still playing great, but plagued with a groin of glass Mrazek - young starter playing terrible, but will most likely bounce back Coreau in the pipes to take one of these starters spots in the near future. Signing Bishop to 5 mil for 6 years makes zero sense here. The net is by farrrrrr not the position of need on this team. This is just drum beating by the anti Holland crowd who look for every excuse to go "REEEEEEE GM X SIGNED PLAYER X AND HOLLAND DIDNT, HOLLAND MUST DIE" I get that there's not much hockey news right now, but Nill signing Bishop has no bearing on the Detroit Red Wings. Plenty of teams (who actually desperately need starting goalies) were rumored to be interested in Bishop. We were not one of those teams. And rightly so. The wings should be focused on shedding a goalie, not adding one, especially at that price and term. Dallas will most likely buyout Niemi as been reported. But even with this, Nill will still have a ton money locked up in his goalies, and now a buyout on top of it. I think Bishop will work out for them, but it would be absolutely hilarious if the pads shrink and Big Ben gets exposed. Nill will be in one of the biggest holes dug by a GM at that point, and that may actually be some good drama.

I have a feeling that if the Wings had done the same thing people would be singing a different tune for Holland screwing us up with 3 goalies.

Little Caesar was Marian Ilitch's nickname for Mike....I think it's a great name for the arena. I think they ought to publicize the genesis of the name a bit more

Great cap hit, terrible term.

I get what you're saying, but buying out a player isn't some terrible thing, especially with a guy in his last year. This is still a good acquisition and a good deal for Nill, even if Niemi wasn't.

Grow up kids it is going to be awesome.

Lehtonen and Niemi's contracts expire end of next season. Vegas may take Lehtonen, and if not, Nill can buy out Niemi, waive and bury him if not claimed, or trade him for "future considerations" if any team is interested (doubtful). Either way, one of the two will be gone before next season starts and the other will be a UFA at the end of it.

Preds steal game 1!

Go Stinkin' Preds!

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Seems like anything Nill and/or Yzerman ever do is praised wildly here. Didn't Nill's team miss the playoffs just as badly as the Wings did this year? I don't understand all the LGW blowjobs they get for the stellar work they have done.

Why are you trying to make it sound like people want Howard more then Bishop with all things things being equal? You are really simplifying something that is much more complicated. If we could trade Howard and get rid of his last 2 years, and acquire Bishop for 2 years at the same cap hit, I'm guessing there are not a ton of people that would have an issue with this. This is however not the situation. The reality of the situation is that Howard is under contract for 2 more years, Bishop is under contract for 6 more years. By the time we become contenders, Howard will be long gone. With Bishop, if he were here he would likely be an over paid 30+ goalie in about 3 years and you would start to crap on him just like you do on Howard. Do you see the difference?

Hilarious how you guys were like, we don't want him, he wants top dollar, he'll too expensive...now makes less than Howard. Awesome! Nill hit the lottery!

When the goalie equipment gets smaller next season bishop will be exposed

Bishop is older than Howard was when he signed his deal, has similar career stats, is coming off his worst year since he was a full time starter, and is making about $700k more a season. Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk

I think if Coreau played behind a decent defensive core and was the backup he would an ok backup goalie. When he was up earlier this year, his D was awful and he was being leaned on to start because Mrazek was just a mess. I guess what I am saying is that I think he can handle backup duties, or at least I am fine with him being given a shot.

I miss the days where cap meant nothing lol. You sign a player to a bad contract, he flops, you move on. I think this deal will be good for a couple years, then I think it will become Dallas's version of Howard's contract.

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