Quoting: sk540
That last part, could go both ways. If OTT wants a 24 year old franchise goalie who continuously carries bad teams and has over 200 games under his belt already, you'll have to pay more than a 1st, 2nd, and 4th. You may be the only one who wouldn't easily accept that offer, so that doesn't say much there about you not valuing other teams players correctly either.
Franchise goalies don't grow on tress, but I am pretty sure I shared on another post here, that goalies usually don't get the haul they deserve, which is why trading goalies of Hart's ilk is so rare.
I have been goalie for 30+ years. I am pretty good at evaluating hockey players in general (used to make easy money with hockey cards when I had time) but especially goalies. I was basically the only one calling Andrew Hammond a "flash in the pan" during his historic "hamburglar run" with 20-1-2 record and a 0.941 SV%. People thought I was crazy
Carter Hart is good but not to the point that he commands one of the biggest return ever for a goalie? Well, that's what I have seen countless times already lol
The offer in the OP is not very good (Boucher has 3rd round pick value, Thomson 2nd, Forsberg is good but is quite older and doesn't have the same pedigree)
So again, 1st + 2nd + 4th (could be a 3rd who cares) is the max I'd pay. Don't see any reason to pay more. I would then go see for Hellebuyck or Gibson if then
Quoting: sk540
OTT can keep the 1st and the rest of the trash and struggle to find consistency in the net for the next 10 years. Forsberg isn't the answer obv and nothing in your system shows any promise either. Maybe Sogaard can turn into something but he didn't look necessarily good this year either.
Last time they were competitive, they had a pretty good goalie in Anderson who played 9+ seasons for them.
I'm all for keeping Forsberg for now too, there's always a risk after injuries but indications are that he'll be back at 100%. But he'll need better assistance than Talbot. Too bad we have an ignorant GM who traded gave away Gustavsson... lol I was initially higher on Kevin Mandolese after watching them at the Sens rookie camp in 2018. But in 2020-21, I did a complete 180 on Gus as he finally figured it out. He was exposed the following year (like every goalie who has played for Ottawa the last 6 years, which isn't surprising under Dorion and DJ Smith) so they thought he was not that good... Sigh.
Sogaard got exposed too, but he has shown flashes of dominance at both AHL and NHL levels already. He's still pretty young. Same for Merilainen who dominated in the Liiga and looked pretty good in his short AHL/NHL experience.
I'm good with these 2 guys for now. I'd continue to draft some goalies in later rounds. Like I said, so many options on the goalie market (and well, there's only 64 spots to fill, compared to skaters)... I prioritize the way my team plays in front of the goalie than having the most recognizable name, that's for the average fan.