Uh, you mentioned Logan Thompson and they're both goalies
pending unrestricted free agents. Logan Thompson. I mean
, both goalies have been great, but Logan Thompson's
numbers are off the charts, and did you have
him on your Team Canada as a third? No
, I did not. He was my 4th.
OK, but I mean, honestly, it's incredible
. You, you, his numbers, and I
had him on, there was one of those subconscious
things because I knew. That there were two of
the coaches that had had him and had a bit
of a rub on him. Not, but when
you said his numbers, his numbers, it's not
even close. Yeah, he's been, he's been
excellent. Like he's one of those guys that you
think, you know, this offseason, whether it
be with the Capitals or with somebody else that is
going to get a significant payday. How do you
think the goaltending shakes out? Like, you know
, our own Elliott Friedman reported that the plan is
to keep both guys this season, which I think
would be foolish not to. But how do you
think it plays out after this season with both guys
? Ma, it's a fascinating situation because Elliott's right
. This is a situation where they wanted to go
in. Now you got both these goalies counting under
$2 million against the salary cap this season. You're
not gonna be able to lock those guys in anywhere
close to that for next season. They get along
really well. It's a really good tandem between those
two guys, but this is gonna be a big
test coming up with Charlie Linger now to see what
Logan Thompson does with basically starting every game. They
don't have another back to back until after the Four
Nations, but there's a little bit of, of
, I don't wanna say politics, but certainly.
Hurt feelings involved here that they want to keep these
guys motivated, but they also don't want to keep
them sort of getting along at the same time.
And if you sign Logan Thompson or you sign Charlie
Lindgren and you don't sign the other, are you
going to see a dip? And, and,
and I, I think the Capitals might be willing
to play this out. Jacob Trickern is also an
unrestricted free agent. I think he's going to be
their priority to sign to a long-term extension. Whenever
John Carlson's not around or not a number one defenseman
anymore, Jacob Tricker might be that kind of bridge
bridging forward. So if you're Chris Patrick, I
think Jacob Tricker winds up being a top priority,
and you sort of let this play out. And
maybe you let it play out until the trade deadline
. I don't expect either of these goaltenders to move
, but to, to at least push this can
, kick this can down the road as long as
you can before having to make a decision because they
love the way these guys are playing right now.
They love alternating Lindgren Thompson, Lindren Thompson, every
other game, basically all season. It's worked out
really well so far. I don't know how long
you can carry that oncere Lindgren is back, whether
one guy gets the hot hand. But this is
a really sensitive situation. Chris Patrick, Scott Murray
, and Spencer Carberry and the Capitals are dealing with
right now that they want to keep these guys in
as good a shape right now, but also not
mess up their their future plans to goaltender.