2020-21 Musical Goalie Chairs....

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Saw this somewhere else and thought it would be a fun filled excercise.

 

Fill in the 62 NHL goalie slots for the 2020-21 season.
I'll put the "locks" in (with UFA/RFA year in brackets)...
And you guys predict the guys in the "pile"

ANA G1: Gibson (2026+)
ANA G2:

ARI G1: Kuemper (2022)
ARI G2: Raanta (2021)

BOS G1: Rask (2021)
BOS G2: Halak (2021)

BUF G1: Hutton (2021)
BUF G2:

CGY G1:
CGY G2:

CAR G1: Mrazek (2021)
CAR G2: Reimer (2021)

CHI G1:
CHI G2: Subban (2020 arb.RFA - though I see him staying at low-number)

CBJ G1a: Merzlikins (2022)
CBJ G1b: Korpisalo (2022)

COL G1: Grubauer (2021)
COL G2: Francouz (2022)

DAL G1: Bishop (2023)
DAL G2:

DET G1: Bernier (2021)
DET G2:

EDM G1:
EDM G2:

FLA G1: Bobrovsky (2026+)
FLA G2: Dreidger (2021)

LA G1: Quick (2023)
LA G2: Peterson (2022)

MIN G1: Stalock (2022)
MIN G2: Kakkhonen (arb.RFA)

MON G1: Price (2026+)
MON G2: Lindgren (2021)

NAS G1a: Rinne (2021)
NAS G1b: Saros (2021)

NJD G1: Blackwood (RFA)
NJD G2:

NYI G1: Varlamov (2023)
NYI G2: Sorokin (2022 RFA)

NYR G1: Shesterkin (2021 RFA)
NYR G2: Lundqvist (I think they need to loyalty re-sign him for fans/franchise)

OTT G1a: Nilsson (2021)
OTT G1b: Hogberg (2021 RFA)

PHI G1: Hart (2021 RFA)
PHI G2:

PIT G1:
PIT G2:

SJ G1:
SJ G2:

STL G1: Binnington (2021)
STL G2: Allen (2021)

TB G1: Vas (2026+
TB G2: McE (2021)

TOR G1: Andersen (2021)
TOR G2: J.Campbell (2022)

VAN G1:
VAN G2: Demko (2021 arb.RFA)

VGK G1:
VGK G2:

WAS G1: Samsonov (2021 RFA)
WAS G2:

WPG G1: Hellebuyck (2024)
WPG G2:


The "pile":
Miller (ANA - retirement candidate)
Ullmark (BUF - arb.RFA)
Rittich (CGY - 2021, but do they still want him?)
Talbot (CGY - UFA)
Crawford (CHI - UFA, loyalty re-sign?)
Khudobin (UFA)
Howard (DET - retirement candidate)
Koskinen (EDM - 2022, but do they still want him?)
M.Smith (UFA - retirement candidate)
Dubnyk (MIN - 2021, but do they still want him?)
Schneider (NJ - 2022, but do they still want him?)
Greiss (UFA)
Georgiev (NYR - arb.RFA)
Anderson (OTT - retirement candidate)
Elliot (UFA)
Murray (PIT - arb.RFA)
Jarry (PIT - arb.RFA)
M.Jones (SJ - 2024, but do they still want him?)
Dell (UFA)
Markstrom (UFA)
Domingue (UFA)
Fleury (VGK - 2022, but do they still want him?)
Lehner (UFA)
Holtby (UFA)
Brossoit (UFA)


Talking Points:
1. Seattle expansion draft will be summer of 2021... so teams will work towards not having a 2nd goalie "of value" that they may lose for no return.
2. There are only 15-20 goalies (out of 62!) with contracts (or RFA value-status) extending beyond 2021... kind of crazy.
3. I see retirements for Ryan Miller, Jimmy Howard, Mike Smith, and Craig Anderson - so four "off list" goalies have to come thru (minus, I listed 3 for MIN)
4. Markstrom, Lehner, and Holtby should be the IN-DEMAND UFA signings - so which clubs want them badly enough!!?

So... who you got "on the move"?


SUPER BONUS QUESTION: Name the starting SEATTLE KRAKEN goalie for opening night for them in 2021-22.