Rantanen/Varlamov for my Binnington/Rust

[holypuck]

Have been offered the above trade, would hurt my goaltending...

My other goalie is Markstrom, so would have

Markstrom / Varly / likely pickup Khudobin as a 3rd goalie

Is the upgrade in offense from Rantanen worth it?

1 year, cats in sig, Binnington is the 4th ranked goalie as of now...

7 Skater cats / 4 Goalie cats

[insertnamehere]

Could you acquire Greiss as well? I'd have zero interest in NYI goalies unless I could own both.

[anthonybeaty]

Could you acquire Greiss as well? I'd have zero interest in NYI goalies unless I could own both.

I am not sure why you say that. Greiss is the better half of that tandem for sure, but you know what you're going to get with Varly. His percentage numbers (GAA, SV%) are good this year. He is going to get more starts than a backup and fewer than a starter, but he is definitely serviceable as a goalie.

As for the original question, Binnington is one of the best goalies in the league. His percentage numbers are very similar to Varly's, but his starts and wins and much better. Your sig doesn't say how many Goalies you start nor whether you're league is a daily pick or a weekly pick. This makes a big difference since if you start 1 G and it is a weekly pick league, then trade probably doesn't make sense for you. If you start 3G, then the trade probably doesn't make sense for you since you will have to make up those missed starts.

If you start 2G and it is a daily pick league, then sort of need to know who is on the waiver wire and who you would drop to understand the trade's value. If Greiss is available on the WW/FA list, then I would probably reject the trade, drop your weakest skater and grab Greiss. He is a great add and will likely start 41+ games.

[Axeman33]

Can you post your full roster.

[holypuck]

Updated sig with players, it is a daily start league, 2 goalie roster spots, can use a bench spot to carry 3 goalies, with 3 adds/drops per week.

Greiss is owned, and would be hard to get i think...

[Locke]

What goalies are on the wire?

[insertnamehere]

I am not sure why you say that. Greiss is the better half of that tandem for sure, but you know what you're going to get with Varly. His percentage numbers (GAA, SV%) are good this year. He is going to get more starts than a backup and fewer than a starter, but he is definitely serviceable as a goalie.

I say it because I would have no interest in holding half of a 1A/1B. It doesn't matter what kind of numbers Greiss or Varlamov put up, they've been alternating games in a 50/50 split. He's giving away a bona fide starter, and running a timeshare (Greiss), a goalie who has lost his role to the backup briefly already (Markstrom), and a full on backup (Khudobin).

If you can't get Greiss, I wouldn't go for it (unless goalie stats really don't matter).

[holypuck]

As of now:

Khudobin
Ullmark
Crawford
Nilsson
Smith
Francouz
Allen
Samsonov

[holypuck]

I guess how i kind of look at it, is Rantanen a big enough upgrade over a player on my roster like Rust vs the goalie downgrade from Binnington to Varlamov.

[insertnamehere]

I guess how i kind of look at it, is Rantanen a big enough upgrade over a player on my roster like Rust vs the goalie downgrade from Binnington to Varlamov.

It's a massive upgrade at forward, but I don't even see it as a goalie downgrade. I think you're opening yourself up to goalie problems by doing this, and you'll be trying desperately to fix your goalie situation later on. I wouldn't do it for that reason alone.