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I would rather they sign him to 6M x 2 than 4M x 5.
There is upside to the contract, but it also comes with risk. When you look at all these Dorion moves, you have to look at them through the lens that his job has been on the line for the last 2 seasons. Same deal with acquiring Debrincat when he likely knew re-signing him was not possible due to the cap. If Korpisalo is not a starter and he thinks, the last 3 years of this deal are another GMs problem, not his. If the Senators hit a lull 2-3 years from now because of the picks they bled adding Debrincat and Chychrun, again, that's Daniel Alfredsson or Patrick Roy's problem, not Pierre Dorion's.
Dorion's mentor Bryan Murray always said, if you don't have goaltending, you have nothing. The mentality he is likely coming from is that his pro-scouts liked Korpisalo dating back to the trade deadline, and the team needs a better tandem than Forsberg/Sogaard. It's a shame that the Senators didn't make the move to acquire Korpisalo, because with the injuries to Talbot, that might have been enough to launch them into the playoffs.