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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 23, 2021 at 3:25 p.m.
Thread: Please Ken
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eberles_Backcheck</b></div><div>I hope he doesn't overpay for a guy this year in UFA. The goalie market is underwhelming, and there's not a Markstrom calibre guy this year. I don't think Binnington gets to UFA. The guys I'd look at are Raanta, Mrazek, and Driedger. Shorter term deals. I'm really intrigued by Driedger actually. He's a young guy by goalie standards (26) and his numbers are very good the last 2.5 years. If his numbers stay above average this year, he should be a guy Holland takes a long look at.</div></div>

Hold on.

There's like 25-30 quality goalies coming into UFA this off season.

I don't think I've ever seen a UFA goalie class like it before.

Many won't hit the market and will resign with their teams, but this upcoming UFA market is the deepest I can recall.

And we finally have some cap space to go fishing in the deeper end of the pool. That Holland didn't over pay Markstrom gives me hope he can get the right tender for the team going forward.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 23, 2021 at 3:12 p.m.
Thread: Please Ken
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>This is a fair outline. I'd counter with Koskinen, Bear or Bouchard instead of Broberg (we need RD, not LD), Konovalov, Lavoie (or Holloway or Yamamoto, but I don't think you'd give them up), and your 2021 first.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eberles_Backcheck</b></div><div>Koskinen, Bear, Konovolov Lavoie and 2021 1st? Personally, I would do that deal if I was Holland. Not sure if I'm in the minority on that though...</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Salzy</b></div><div>oh wow one website has them just inside the top 15, you showed me</div></div>

No deal. Here's a little look at the Oilers goalies and Gibson fared at 5v5 over the past 1.5 seasons:

Shots against/60
Koskinen: 32.96
Gibson: 30.83
Smith: 29.11

Save %
Koskinen: .919
Gibson: .915
Smith: .905

HD shots against/60
Koskinen: 8.86
Gibson: 8.59
Smith: 7.40

HDSV%
Koskinen: .836
Gibson: .820
Smith: .784

Contracts
Gibson: $6.4M, UFA 2027
Koskinen: $4.5M, UFA 2022
Smith: $1.5M, UFA 2021

I don't see Edmonton giving up a lot for Gibson, TBH. Maybe he'll rebound, or maybe, like Matt Murray, the shooters have figured him out. But that's a lot of risk for a guy who isn't an upgrade on Mikko Koskinen.