That's the key right there. Huet needs to go. Thankfully, there are a ton of teams who need starting goaltenders and I'm sure Stan Bowman can work a trade.

If Huet goes, the Blackhawks are in a MUCH better place.

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mechaphil

There is no guarantee Niemi is gonna get a big pay day. Most of us on here believe those monster-gamble deals are a thing of the past, considering some of the awful goal-tending deals in recent memory(esp CHI). The guy is an RFA, bottom line. If he sits out a year, will someone still offer him the big deal the following year?? That's a huge gamble on his part. He "should" accept a 'reasonable' offer to remain on a team which can offer him a legacy, rather than one with cap space.

I know hindsight is 20/20...but seriously that Huet signing was so dumb.

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

When Montreal traded him to Washington I was like, "are they mad"?

Then when Washington failed to resign him I was also like, why would they not resign the best goalie they have, instead they sign Theodore?????

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