Goalie Advice Needed - Bishop vs Talbot

[FrozenInferno]

I've been offered Huberdeau for Bishop straight up, which I'm strongly considering.

Problem is that would leave me with only two goalies, Vasilevskiy and Varlamov. In my league you need at least three starters to compete, two of which should be quality goalies.

The other manager is currently sitting on Talbot and said he would include him in the deal if I would send back a lower tier winger. This would probably be a Mantha/Aho tier player from the bottom of my lineup.

This could obviously go one or two ways: A) The Oilers stink up the rest of the season and my goaltending takes a serious hit; or B) it could be the ultimate buy-low on a goalie who won 42 games last year.

What do you think, is it worth moving Bishop for Huberdeau and getting Talbot back for cheap? Or is it too big a risk?

[The Bottlenecker]

Huberdeau and Talbot > Bishop. No doubt.

[FrozenInferno]

Huberdeau and Talbot > Bishop. No doubt.

Thanks. And the winger going back the other way would indeed be Mantha, who I can live without.

[The Bottlenecker]

Thanks. And the winger going back the other way would indeed be Mantha, who I can live without.

I stand corrected
Huberdeau and Talbot > Bishop and Mantha. This doesn't change my opinion at all.

[FrozenInferno]

I stand corrected
Huberdeau and Talbot > Bishop and Mantha. This doesn't change my opinion at all.

Thanks again, gave you some rep.

Also, NS eh? I'm a Cape Bretoner myself.

[stevegamer]

I've been offered Huberdeau for Bishop straight up, which I'm strongly considering.

Problem is that would leave me with only two goalies, Vasilevskiy and Varlamov. In my league you need at least three starters to compete, two of which should be quality goalies.

The other manager is currently sitting on Talbot and said he would include him in the deal if I would send back a lower tier winger. This would probably be a Mantha/Aho tier player from the bottom of my lineup.

This could obviously go one or two ways: A) The Oilers stink up the rest of the season and my goaltending takes a serious hit; or B) it could be the ultimate buy-low on a goalie who won 42 games last year.

What do you think, is it worth moving Bishop for Huberdeau and getting Talbot back for cheap? Or is it too big a risk?

I would definitely do that. Talbot isn't elite or anything, but roughly equivalent to Bishop, and that's a good deal to upgrade your forward spot. Even if he stinks things up, he should be usable as spot starter.