Question for the doubters

[HeadInjury]

The last 7 Stanley Cup winning goalies:

2023 - Hill
2022 - Kuemper
2021 - Vasilevskiy
2020 - Vasilevskiy
2019 - Binnington
2018 - Holtby
2017 - Murray

Vas is the outlier of the bunch but I think this current trend shows if you can get great goaltending from a good goalie then you've got a shot at a Cup.

Yes. Stanley Cup winners almost always have a goalie playing well in the playoffs. Of your list, only Kuemper had a rough go of it in the playoffs. But the Avs were good enough to work around that.

 

[hokiecat]

- The 2nd round pic on this list, was that from trading Durzi. Cannot trade him twice. I do not think the Jets wanted or needed Durzi and told Blake give us a pick instead. I think Blade traded for that pick knowing it was going to the Jets the entire time. That is the same trade in my mind. Kind of a delayed 3 way trade while the extension was being worked out.

There was a lot I disagreed with in your post but I'd just be beating a dead horse. I think it is well known that I'm not a fan of Blake's moves in 2023.

But you are wrong on the 2nd round pick. The Kings traded their 2nd round pick to Philly to get rid of Cal, Walker, etc. Then they got Montreal's 2nd rounder for Durzi and flipped it (for who knows what reason) to Winnipeg to make the PLD deal an even bigger win for the Jets.

 

[Ice24]

Don’t get me wrong, I love summer time, however, 99 more days until we really lose our minds.

 

[What party?]

Don’t get me wrong, I love summer time, however, 99 more days until we really lose our minds.

Guess we'll have to settle for virtual insanity?

 

[dannybuoy1]

My confidence in goal is just as bad if not worse with the acquistion of Talbot. I keep thinking to myself, this is going to be our friggin goalie?

 

[Bollocks]

My confidence in goal is just as bad if not worse with the acquistion of Talbot. I keep thinking to myself, this is going to be our friggin goalie?

Why, though?

This last season:
- Copley .903 sv %
- Talbot .898 sv %...behind Senators' team...with positive win record. Jake Sanderson, who is going to be a monster, but was a rookie, played up to 30 min/game for them.
- Quick .876 sv % - yikes. .022 less than Talbot.
- Petersen .868 sv % - double yikes, 0.030 less than Talbot.

Talbot, when playing on good teams, before last season:

2019-20	Calgary Flames	NHL	26	2.63	.919	2	12-10-1	|	Playoffs	10	2.42	.924	2	5-4-0
2020-21	Minnesota Wild	NHL	33	2.63	.915	2	19-8-5	|	Playoffs	7	2.45	.923	2	3-4-0
2021-22	Minnesota Wild	NHL	49	2.76	.911	3	32-12-4	|	Playoffs	1	4.14	.846	0	0-1-0

Is he a sure bet? No. Is he a #1? No, it will be a 1A/1B situation for sure. But he's not a crap goalie at all, very experienced, seems to elevate his game come playoffs. Compare that with Cal's mental fragility and Quick's horrid funk last season and all we need to hope for is that he stays healthy and Copley returns to last year's form, and the Kings are likely the top 3 seed and avoid the worst matchups like VGK and Edmonton in the first round (unless the team somehow s***s the bed royally, but then it's going to be irrelevant if Talbot is good or not lol). Then they need to do their job in the first round and develop momentum to do some damage further. And yes, anything can happen come that time.

 

[Statue4Deano]

Talbot should be fine if he plays no more than ~15 games next season. Keep his workload small and the Kings should be able to get league average goaltending from both. Then make a trade for a starter with an expiring contract like Hellebuyck (not likely) or Casey DeSmith (much more likely).