I will guarantee the sharks don't sign Ellis for the following reason:
Doug Wilson has stated several times he wants a veteran goalie (Mason or Turco) who's had experience as a #1, as well as someone who can mentor Greiss.
Ellis is a young unproven goalie, who yes would be cheap, but doesn't meet those standards.
yeah, but you're also forgetting that Turco is a big name, while Ellis isn't. And DW loves big names.
I will guarantee the sharks don't sign Ellis for the following reason:
Doug Wilson has stated several times he wants a veteran goalie (Mason or Turco) who's had experience as a #1, as well as someone who can mentor Greiss.
Ellis is a young unproven goalie, who yes would be cheap, but doesn't meet those standards.
Ellis is 30...Although he has only been through 3 seasons in the nhl.
and btw I don't recall ever hearing anything like that directly from DW...He's actually been very hush about the whole thing. (let alone saying something like that SEVERAL times.)
Well, we have a point of reference for today at least:
According to Philly Sports, linked from THN about the Turco to Flyers rumours, it says:
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With similar stats, the same age and a much better record, Nabokov was reportedly seeking no less than $4.5 million per season. He earned $6 million with the Sharks this year.
We know that Wilson perceives that to be economically unviable (or perhaps, he's politely saying we no longer have faith in you...)
It will be intriguing to see what Turco or whoever replaces Nabby gets. If the $2.9m is as reported, to me $1.6m doesn't seem like a huge amount of cap to save, not least because Pavelski and Marleau have already more than consumed that in their pay rises...
I believe he has stated that he wants to be a stater next season and bigger paycheck than what he had in TB. If Sharks could sign him around 2 million (don't know if that's too much for them) he could play around 45-50 games and Greiss could play the rest. Does that sound like a good plan for you?
