Quoting: Islesforthecup
Ok lets start you named a whole bunch of fringe goalies that once theyre acquiring them theyd be better off keeping VV and sammy. Reimer allen talbot holtby are all in the same class as those 2 (not to mention 3 of them were available last summer too).
Ullmark and bob both have nmcs (and ullmark was available last summer). Lehner makes no sense for VGK to deal. Colorado didnt move a 1st+ to not re-sign kuemper. Fleury is either staying in MIN or going back to PIT. Anaheims gonna want a kings ransom for gibson even though he hasnt been starter material for 3 seasons already. 95% of these options dont make any sense. You just threw in a lot of names to get likes.
You said the Caps have no other options besides Husso. Those are options. But if you wanna do this, fine.
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Reimer allen talbot holtby are all in the same class as those 2 (not to mention 3 of them were available last summer too).
Vitek and Sammy combined for a .902 SV% last year. You're underestimating how low the bar is for an improvement. Anyway, those guys are established starters and most importantly, they're cheap, so the Caps could go for more than one. The Caps could trade for Allen and sign Holtby and end up paying roughly the 5M Varlamov makes on his own. Wouldn't be my first choice, but I could see them going that rout and re-investing the savings in the skaters.
I don't know what being available last summer matters. The Caps gambled on going cheap with their young guys and it didn't pay off. MacLellan's said goaltending is a priority this summer, so they're clearly going to change up their strategy.
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Ullmark and bob both have nmcs (and ullmark was available last summer).
Ullmark signed in Boston to be the starter on a playoff team, and now he's been passed by Swayman and the Bruins are falling apart. Bob's on the verge of being passed by Knight, and he's reportedly best friends with Orlov. If you get to assume Varly isn't blocking a trade to a team that dumped him in the past, I get to assume these guys wouldn't block a trade to DC.
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Lehner makes no sense for VGK to deal.
Even with Dadonov gone Vegas is still over the cap and needs to dump salary. Could also see Lehner wanting out after the team let DeBoer throw him under the bus.
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Colorado didnt move a 1st+ to not re-sign kuemper.
We all thought they'd re-sign Grubauer too.
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Fleury is either staying in MIN or going back to PIT.
Probably, those teams are pretty strapped for cash, so the Caps could offer way more than he'd get on the Wild or Pens. How many millions is loyalty to a former team worth?
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Anaheims gonna want a kings ransom for gibson even though he hasnt been starter material for 3 seasons already.
Honestly, I hate Gibson as an option and most of the proposals I've seen for him to the Caps make me cringe harder than yours, but the fact remains he's an option.
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You just threw in a lot of names to get likes.
No, I did it to show that assuming the Isles can squeeze the Caps for Varly cause there aren't other options is stupid. If we get to late July and the last starting caliber goalie signs elsewhere then the Kuemper-to-Colorado comparisons work, but that's a long way away.