Craig Anderson

The second half of my ideal move would be to sign Craig Anderson. He only had a cap hit of .550k this past season, but after a stellar year, and the possibility being the starting goaltender of a team he will probably want, and get, a significantly higher salary. He’s also only 27. I think a 2-3 year deal at $2-$2.5 million a year is a great offer for Anderson. The Flyers would get another relatively young, relatively cheap potential starting goaltender out of the deal.

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names include Nikolai Khabibulin, Manny Fernandez, Martin Gerber, Martin Biron, Dwayne Roloson, and Craig Anderson. So let’s take a look into these unrestricted free agent possibilities. I’ll post the goals against average and save percentage for each goaltender. Personally, I put far more weight into save percentage than I do goals against average. The GAA is more of a product of the team. If a team plays fantastic defense, they are just going to allow fewer goals, and therefore an inferior goalie could still have a respectable GAA. Save percentage however, gives you a more realistic representation of skill because it cannot be as heavily influenced by the team.

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