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[Signing] Blue Jackets re-sign Elvis Merzlikins


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1 minute ago, Jimmy McGill said:

Thats a heck of a raise for a guy thats played 33 career NHL games. 

Former goalies across the league believe he's the real deal.  Portzline did the rounds for their take on him once he started going.  

 

Had a dreadful start to his NHL career and hadn't won a game when he took over after the Korpisalo injury in late December - he was 0-4-4.  He has been impressive since with Tortorella even talking several times of how he stole games for them.  

 

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13 minutes ago, CanuckGAME said:

This is not good for us when Markstroms agent uses this contract against us...if elvis is worth 4 million markstrom must be work 9.

GMs mostly use just traditional stats for negotiations.  

 

Markstrom 0.918 sv%  2.75 gaa

Merzlikins  0.923 sv%  2.35 gaa on the season but 0.935 sv% and 1.97 gaa from 31 December onwards once he got the starters job following Korpisalo's injury.

 

 

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This deal has absolutely 0 influence on Marky’s imo. The big difference is that EM is an RFA, and held almost no leverage outside of his great half-season. Markstrom is a UFA, although he did get rid of some leverage by saying he absolutely wanted to stay in Vancouver. 4 y 6 mil is probably what’s on the table, and that would be a great deal for everyone. 

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19 hours ago, mll said:

Former goalies across the league believe he's the real deal.  Portzline did the rounds for their take on him once he started going.  

 

Had a dreadful start to his NHL career and hadn't won a game when he took over after the Korpisalo injury in late December - he was 0-4-4.  He has been impressive since with Tortorella even talking several times of how he stole games for them.  

 

I guess I shouldn't be surprised at the numbers some guys are getting after so few games, it seems to be more common. Even with the high praise, its still not even 1/2 a season. Lots of guys have had good 1/2 seasons.

 

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