Edited Jul. 23, 2020 at 2:29 p.m.
Quoting: BStinson
Less just glance over the ‘or’ in that statement and disregard the monetary compensation. Also none of them will be in late 30s during the expansion draft. Most are in early 30s or mid 30s.
I'm sorry I was distracted by the assertion that any goalie cares so much to not go to Seattle after watching Marc-Andre Fleury endear himself to that fanbase and make it to the Stanley Cup Finals in his first year that they will willing choose to play for the worst team in the league instead of go there, so I missed the monetary compensation, that's my bad.
But it's the same thing- how much more money are you going to commit to bringing any of those guys in that would beat their current team which is competitive? Greiss you might have a shot with because he can't go back to the Islanders, but Edmonton, Calgary, Chicago (2), Dallas, Philadelphia, San Jose, Vancouver and Anaheim all need goalies next year and through a combination of where their team is, how competitive their team is, and the quality of players on those teams all of those markets are more appealing than Detroit. So monetary is the ONLY thing you have going for you. And at that point, why not just trade for a guy who is better? Why would you pay eight million dollars over two years to steal Khudobin away from Dallas when you could just pay four and a low pick for Allen- who is younger, better and could actually be a stopgap starter in the future as you finish rebuilding if he performs well- and if not you just let him walk? It's easy for you to say "overpay and keep the pick!" but it's not your four million dollars being thrown around here.
You are right that those guys are younger but mid 30s or late 30s regardless, these guys are nearly at the end of their career, why would Seattle take a goalie who is that old? Pittsburgh had to pay to get Vegas to take Fleury and he was a three time cup champ. My point is that the risk to these guys being taken by Seattle is very very low, especially with guys like Raanta, Francouz, Demko, Murray - goalies who are all better, younger, or both - potentially available to them and even if it wasn't, Seattle is a pretty attractive market to be in, so that's not the incentive to sign in Detroit that you think it is. Most of these guys- Khudobin, Crawford, Talbot- will re-sign one year with the team that they're with and not sign again until after the expansion draft anyway