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dannyb24195
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Lindback out, Nabokov in. We all know Bish and Nabokov will be the goalies next year but what happens after that? Bish is entering his final year of his two year deal and Nabokov is also an FA next year. If Bish plays up to his level and production of last year this upcoming season he will be in for a big raise probably in the region of $5.5 - $6 mill per. Can the bolts afford to pay that? It's hard to say, the Bolts don't have a great amount of cap space especially when you consider all the young players the bolts have to pay and Yzerman has to be wary of the amount of $$$ Stamkos is going to demand. The bolts also have some young goalies coming through is Gudlevskis and Vasilevskiy, locking Bishop up could give the Lightning a Luongo/Schneider situation.
On the other hand, after next year Gudlevskis would be 23 and Vasilevskiy would be 20 and although talented they are both very young ages to be NHL goalies, it takes years upon years for a goalie to be developed enough to be a NHL ready. You don't want to rush these guys and hurt their development process. So there is a case to keep Bish but then again he's going to command dollars and years plus you may have a dilemma down the line. Another negative would be allowing a goalie of his caliber walk for nothing perhaps, they could get a pick for his rights but let's say if they shopped him now, Yzerman would demand high end prospects and/or picks.
It will be interesting to see how Yzerman let's this whole goalie situation play out, one thing we know is that it ain't going to be easy.
On the other hand, after next year Gudlevskis would be 23 and Vasilevskiy would be 20 and although talented they are both very young ages to be NHL goalies, it takes years upon years for a goalie to be developed enough to be a NHL ready. You don't want to rush these guys and hurt their development process. So there is a case to keep Bish but then again he's going to command dollars and years plus you may have a dilemma down the line. Another negative would be allowing a goalie of his caliber walk for nothing perhaps, they could get a pick for his rights but let's say if they shopped him now, Yzerman would demand high end prospects and/or picks.
It will be interesting to see how Yzerman let's this whole goalie situation play out, one thing we know is that it ain't going to be easy.