Enough of the revolving door in our crease
Word is Nashville might actually move Saros if they commit to the rebuild. And honestly I'd hand him the big cheque tomorrow. C$9 mil a year for a legit number one? Sign me up before someone else wakes up. 😏
"Word is" from which insider, exactly? Same ones who had us trading for a stud defenceman at the last two deadlines? Nashville leaking Saros talk is how they test the market, and everyone in the thread is already lining up to pay C$9 million against the cap. Show me the numbers on his form the last two seasons before anyone hands him the cheque.
You guys remember what an actual number one looks like behind this defence?? Because I sure don't 😅 Saros steals games, that's the whole point. Give him even an average night in front of him and we're winning matches we've got no business winning. C$9 mil stings yeah, but we've been paying starter money to a rotation of guys who couldn't stop a beach ball in the playoffs...
Fanatic_Life I hear you on the insider noise, but even if Nashville's just testing the waters, good, let them. Someones gotta make the crease scary again and you just know Saros at LCA would sell out the building every single night 🔥💪
On the terraces since I was a kid.
Chloe's got a point about what a real number one looks like, but Fanatic_Life is closer to the truth on the logistics. Saros turns 31 this season, by goalie ageing curves that's past peak, and we've seen plenty of guys his size regress right around this age. Nashville has no reason to sell low either; if they're rebuilding, they'll want futures, which means we'd be shipping out picks and a prospect we can't really spare.
The cap side is the bigger trap. C$9 million against our structure means someone real comes off the roster, and we'd be paying elite money for a goalie whose numbers last couple of seasons came with heavy volume in front of a leaky defence. Depends how you weight that, I guess - some see a guy who handles workload, I see save percentages inflated by shot quality. Caveat here: small sample on how he'd hold up in a different system. If the price is C$7 million or a draft package below market, sure, I listen. At the rumoured tag?
I keep my own tables 📊
Jack_Fan's the only one talking sense here. Sure, a legit number one would be lovely, and I've sat through enough evenings at the rink watching our boys get outshot 40-odd to want one, on condition that somebody shows me the receipts first. "Insiders whisper" from Nashville smells like a price-setting leak, and C$9M for a 31-year-old puck-stopper who could fall off a cliff, we've seen that movie before. I'll believe it when I see it.
Where's the proof?
Funny how everyone's suddenly fine with C$9 million for a guy turning 31 behind a defence we all agree is garbage. Mike asks for receipts, fair, but let's flip it: show me the receipts that "wait for the internal option" has worked since... when, exactly? I've kept my own goalie tracking sheet for years and our save percentage above expected has been a dumpster fire for a stretch long enough that small sample isn't an excuse anymore.
Jack, honest question on your ageing curve point: does the curve apply the same to a smaller goalie who's built his whole game on positioning rather than athleticism? Saros has never relied on explosiveness the way the typical 6'3" guys who fall off at 31 did. Context matters there. Nashville's price only goes up if they wait, and if he's genuinely shopped, I'd rather overpay once for certainty than run another season of the auditions we've been watching.
Context beats a bare stat.
Zoe, I hear you, but I sat through the Hasek years in this town and he came over at an age plenty of folks called too old, goaltenders age like defencemen used to, badly on paper and just fine in the crease. We've paid peanuts for journeyman netminding for a decade, that's the receipts on "wait for internal options" right there. C$9 million stings, sure, but so does every April watching the golf channel. 😄
Seen it all, lads.
FrontRowZone with the Hasek card, respect 😂 But I've watched Saros steal games behind that Nashville dump-and-chase circus for years, imagine what he does with an actual defence. C$9 mil buys you wins, fanboys can keep waiting. 💸😏
Millie, mostly agree, though on condition that Yzerman gets a real stay-at-home defenceman in the same window, because paying C$9 mil to face 35 shots a night through traffic fixes nothing. My dad still grumbles about the Husso deal, so forgive me if I want proof before the cheque is signed.
Hype isn't an argument.
heard this song before, boys, remember when every second summer we were "one phone call away" from a big name goalie, and the phone never rang? 😄 been holding season tickets since the old barn days and time will tell is about all i trust anymore. if stevie actually writes that C$9 mil cheque, i'll believe it when the ink's dry.
Seen it all, lads.