Dustin Wolf’s whopping seven-year deal for an AAV of $7.5 million, off 71 NHL games in Calgary, has thrown the goalie contract landscape into a quagmire.
If Wolf’s deal, which now puts him as the 10th highest-salaried NHL goalie, is getting that dough as a restricted free-agent, what about Stuart Skinner, coming up on his shot at unrestricted free agency? The Edmonton Oilers goalie, who has played 50 playoff games at 26 with two trips to the Stanley Cup Final, is UFA next July 1. Now, Skinner certainly has his critics here, and they’re loud, but he’s played three times the NHL games, including playoffs, as Wolf.
And he’s won more playoff games than Connor Hellebuyck, the current NHL MVP.
Skinner, who turns 27 in November, is on a bargain-basement $2.6 million AAV here and certainly th