TSN’s Darren Dreger is reporting that the Vegas Golden Knights have found their backup goalie. Laurent Brossoit is headed to the Golden Knights on a two-year deal with a cap hit of $2.325MM. The British Columbia native maintains his Western Conference status, now joining his third NHL team.
Brossoit, 28, has had a bit of an up-and-down career on an every-other-year basis. While this could easily be a fluke, history would at least project that Brossoit is due for a down year in his debut campaign with Vegas. That could be problematic, as starter Robin Lehner is not exactly known for his dependability either. Having given Brossoit a sizeable raise despite their lack of cap space, the Knights certainly hope that he can shake this trend and be the reliable backstop to Lehner that they need him to be.
Brossoit is no Marc-Andre Fleury, but at his best he has had some strong seasons for a backup. In 2018-19, Brossoit recorded a .925 save percentage in a career-high 21 appearances for the Winnipeg Jets. In 2016-17, he posted a .928 save percentage and 1.99 GAA for the Edmonton Oilers. This past season, Brossoit recorded his lowest goals against average in a full NHL season at 2.42.
Trading the Vezina winner to use his money on yard sale items is a…plan. I guess.
Yeah, that was my take on it. Brossoit isn’t a bad goalie, but man, VGK is placing a lot of hope that Lehner is lights out this season. A hope, mind, that didn’t pay off LAST season.
But, not just that, the day after salary dumping their franchise icon, VGK took on a salary dump from…Ottawa?
Larry Brossoit to VGK, all but cements the likelihood that the Pacific division will be all over the place. Maybe they’ll all make history and have an eight-way tie for last.
Even without Fleury Vegas is pretty clearly the best team in that division.
@DirtbagBlues – Judging by where they are at the cap right now, I’d think more moves are coming. “Clearly”, might have to be re-adjusted. We’ll see after the dust settles later today…
Well we get our backup.