This is a really hard situation to predict. Back when Fasth signed he was the hot goalie and Hiller was struggling, since then Hiller seems to have the edge in the platoon situation and Fasth has had some rough starts. With Perry and Getzlaf deals the Ducks have $10million in cap space to sign 9 players for next year and that includes Selanne ($4.5) Koivu ($3.8) and Lydman ($3) to re-sign. Even at significant reductions to Selanne and Koivu they're looking at cap issues.
I initially thought $7.75 was may to much to spend in net however the following teams are projected to spend even more next year (either signings or my estimates)
VAN- $9.3M
NSH- $8.5M
NYR- $8.1M
MIN- $7.9M
MTL- $7.7M
PIT- $7.0M
Vancouver needs to move one this summer as they have by far the truest pair of starters. Pittsburgh and the Rangers have a lot of money tied up in star players just like the Ducks and won't be moving their goalies so I guess it's possible that the Ducks keep both.
Ultimately, I'm still not sure whether Fasth stays a Duck and if he's the starter next year. I think it will come down to how both goalies play for the remainder of the season and what the market is for either one in the offseason. If the Ducks can get a good return for either guy I can see them pulling the trigger. Ideally for Fasth owners Hiller would get shipped out and Fasth get the reigns going forward for at least a few seasons.
Given that starting goalies are valuable in any league I'd probably lean towards pulling the trigger, even if Fasth is in the timeshare in Anaheim it's a good timeshare to be apart of.
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR