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Forum: NHL SigningsSep. 28, 2022 at 11:08 a.m.
Thread: Florida Panthers signed Spencer Knight (3 Years / $4,500,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>budgeteam</b></div><div>If he has a .930 over 55+ games next season, he is asking for a long term deal at 7-8 million. Which means Florida loses him.

Oettinger just got 4M off of 77 career regular season games and a very strong 7 game playoff run.

I think the reason Florida signed this contract was because even if the odds dictate that Knight will cost less on a 3 year bridge if they wait 1 year, they aren't in a position where they can afford to gamble on the smaller chance that he breaks out as a starter and they cannot keep him. Next off season is going to be similar to this one, there won't be many options available in free agency or trade for teams needing goalies. The Panthers simply can't risk Knight having a strong season and pricing himself out of Florida. Then they are stuck with a declining Bobrovsky, no plan B, and no real replacement in net.

They overpaid by 1M to avoid a worst case scenario. They were dealing from a position of weakness because of how the Bobrovsky contract handcuffed them.</div></div>

Thing is... he can't overprice himself, he would have been a RFA next season without Arbitration rights. And even if he would have like 94% save percentage he would get like 5,5M from the open market... So Still. No point of making this deal now