So you don't give Timmy, A VEZINA TROPHY WINNING GOALTENDER, a 5 million dollar cap hit, even for 2 or 3 years?? that's ludicrous. he has the 12th highest cap hit, which is essentially middle of the pack. I don't know how much money you think he's worth but I think 5 million is perfectly fine. Interesting players in front of him as well. Backstrom has not done anything in the playoffs. Vokoun has not done anything in the playoffs. Huet has not done anything in the playoffs and Thomas has a Vezina which the others don't. Lundqvist and Luongo have won a grand total of 2 playoff series each. Kiprusoff hasn't won a playoff series in 5 years, so there are plenty of goaltenders getting paid a lot more than him with similar playoff resumes than Thomas has. I have said before 4 years is a terrible idea, no question about it. But as far as Thomas getting paid more than he is worth and therefore taking away cap space which we'd sign Kessel, that is where you are wrong.
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