Replacing Ageing Goaltenders

[BreadManPanarin]

Ahhh. Ok. Got it. Thanks BMP! So as long as Pitt can find a dance partner for the other 18 teams, they can keep their prize Murray protected.

Correct! In fact, if the goalie needy teams are all nixed by Fleury then it is conceivable that Pitt would actually have to "pay" another team to take him. Similar to a salary dump deal (prospects and/or picks going the other way), except with a still reasonably young and effective stanley cup winning goalie. Expansion creates some very interesting situations indeed.

[BreadManPanarin]

I suppose it is worth mentioning that one more possibility exists... Pittsburgh protects Fleury and pays off Vegas (via picks and/or players) to promise not to take Murray in the expansion draft. Although this could get expensive for Pitt, because what new team wouldn't want a young stanley cup winning goalie like Murray to build around?