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Did he look something like this?

Back in the late 90's Forsberg would have led that list all by himself. He's no Nyquist, that's for sure.

You shut up.

Wow. It seems hard to believe, but adding Eriksson, would still only give the Wings 3 Swedes on the roster. How times have changed.

So Tampa only wins cup before or after an interrupted season. Hmm.

CBR=CRL Here's my "shocked" face. Can I have "9" guesses?

So you're not CatBoyRossi?

I mean. What did you think would happen with a topic like this? Or any CRL thread in general.

Signing Krug would be a terrible idea.

He was. That's why we should sign Markstrom to an even bigger contract. Apparently a goaltender who cant even keep a starting job is worth more than a 30 goal scorer in Mantha.

It reminds me of someone else here who regularly does the same thing. Curious.

Im impressed. You're brand new to the forum, but you've already figured out how to resurrect old threads.

This is what I'm trying to say. But it seems that the "not my goalie" crowd thinks that even a corpse is a better option. I'm not opposed to bringing in a new goalie, but overpaying for the sake of avoiding Howard is counter intuitive.

You realize that you can only retain salary on a max of 2? players, right? This idea that you can just acquire all of these players and just trade them away to other teams at half the price is nonsense. Not to mention, other teams are still not going to want these guys for a full season even at a discount. This isn't a video game.

So what? We already got a 2nd and he walks at the end of the season.

It's a catch 22 tho. Trading for guys like Marc Staal is how we're going to acquire more draft picks. Also, Gagner's contract is insignificant. He can always be sent down and the cap hit is negligible.

That Markstrom will probably put up lower numbers at ages 30-33 than Howard did at the same age. And yet some fans seem to think that paying Markstrom $6 million x 4 years is good. It's not. It's an overpayment. A bad contract is never a good idea just because it's not Jimmy.

Identity confirmed.

They're no longer Detroit's #1 fan?

Because Markstrom will not be any better in his 30s than Howard was. Probably worse. But if someone is so blinded by the "anyone but Howard" rhetoric, then they'll think ANYTHING is better. It isn't. Overpaying for a goalie, just because he isn't Howard, is dumb.

Pretty sure that in any random draft that a pro GM and pro scouts will get a lot more right than you do. Just cuz I get a few strikes at the bowling alley, doesnt make me a better bowler than the professionals.

Howard was better at age 25 thru 30 than Markstrom, who is now 30. Howard had a down year. Could be due to age, maybe not. Do I predict Markstrom's numbers to be better than Howard's from here on out? Yes. Because Howard is approaching 40 and Markstrom is just reaching his 30s. Do I expect Markstrom's numbers to be better in his 30s than Jimmy's was? No. Why would I? If Jimmy was a better goalie in his 20s than Markstrom, then I expect Jimmy is a better goalie in his 30s than Markstrom will be. His decline is inevitable too. It doesnt require a crystal ball to use common sense. Therefore paying Markstrom $6 million is ridiculous. He's not worth that, and it's not smart to do it just because "he's not Jimmy". But some of the Howard haters think that anything is better than Jimmy, even if it's an overpayment. Also, Markstrom's numbers haven't been much better than Bernier's but somehow paying him almost double Bernie's salary makes sense?

Yzerman got a 2nd round pick to acquire him. He'll be a decent mentor to pair on the left side with one of our young RHD during the season. Then Yzerman will trade him at the TDL for another pick without retaining any salary. I really cant find anything to complain about. This is literally the kind of trade you advocate for.

I wasn't "cherry picking". You originally said that Markstrom has been better than Howard for the past 6 years. That's not true. They have both had back and forth seasons in that time. And if you remove Jimmy's last season, his GAA was actually better up until then. And their save % was exactly the same over those years. And that's also considering that Jimmy was also 6 years older. Again. If you compare their numbers thru the same ages, Jimmy's are better. If you think Jimmy has been bad in his 30s, than Markstrom's 30s will be worse according to their statistical pattern. And you still think that Markstrom in his 30s will be better. He wont. And he won't be worth signing to the kind of money he is going to get because he will most likely put up numbers worse than Jimmy's were over the same ages.