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The price seems a bit high for an unsigned RFA, but the bigger question is, is he a #1 goalie? This is just me speaking from memory, but it seems that taking another team’s backup goalie and trying to make him your #1 usually doesn’t work out.
Conventional wisdom is that a contending team needs elite goaltending. They didn’t necessarily get that this year, but they got the saves when they needed them. If this is a downgrade, I’m not sure it’s good enough to win the cup again.