Talbot for Rask + Lehner

[jdreed3184]

For the team in my sig. Starting goalies are nearly impossible to acquire and having 2 is really helpful (Talbot is my only reliable starter). Two offers:

Talbot + Brossoit for Rask + Lehner (gives me 2 starters, albeit a downgrade)
Schwartz + Teravainen for Darling + Arvidsson (if Darling is a bust, this is expensive)

Chances that Lehner is a 55+ game starter in the NHL for the foreseeable future?
Chances that Darling figures out this whole starter-gig?
How far below Rask is Talbot?

Thanks for the help!

[stevegamer]

For the team in my sig. Starting goalies are nearly impossible to acquire and having 2 is really helpful (Talbot is my only reliable starter). Two offers:

Talbot + Brossoit for Rask + Lehner (gives me 2 starters, albeit a downgrade)
Darling + Arvidsson for Schwartz + Teravainen (if Darling is a bust, this is expensive)

Chances that Lehner is a 55+ game starter in the NHL for the foreseeable future?
Chances that Darling figures out this whole starter-gig?
How far below Rask is Talbot?

Thanks for the help!

3 things:

1. The way you posted the trades is confusing, because I thought you had Darling, since you listed the first deal in give - get order, but the second is get - give order.

2. Rask is small step behind Talbot in the amount he starts, but they are pretty similar goalies in quality. Talbot is a couple months younger than Rask, but has many fewer NHL games played, so he's more likely to be a workhorse for the next 2 years or so. This is Rask's first bad year, Talbot has been only recently been good; I think Rask is a slightly safer bet rest of season and the next year or two, but I'm not sure either Rask or Talbot have more than 2-3 years as a NHL starter in front of them. I don't trust Lehner to hold down a starting job for any length of time moving forward, and Buffalo is bad. I guess it depends on what you think of Brossoit, or if you can flip Lehner for something useful a bit later this year.

3. I think Darling will get straightened out, he's showing strides. Not sure I like that deal, though.