I’d take the deal and immediately start shopping him. They could, at the least, get a draft pick for him. And trust me, somebody would pick him up. Why walk away from it with nothing?
Then, they could bring Marty in for 2 million to fill the gap.
I’m not too sharp on the money things but I wouldn’t let a Stanley Cup winning goaltender walk away with nothing to show for it.

First, let me start by saying I think the deal he got seems pretty fair. However, I don’t think they’ll get much of a return by signing him and trading him away.

While he is a cup winning goalie, I think his value is a bit overrated. They guy’s only played 39 regular season games with the benefit of doing so behind a stanley cup winning team. He has Keith, Seabrook, Campbell, etc in front of him every night. Put him on another team and see if he’s really that good.

I had him on a fantasy team last year and he seemed a bit streaky. In his last ten games he had a stretch of “sorta bad” (3,2,5 goals against), then a streak of awesome (2, 1, 1, 0) then bad (4, 3, 1 – the 1 was in a five minute relief effort). He did win 6 of those 10 games (even the 5 goal game) but on a less offensively-blessed team that record could have been worse.

I’m just saying that if I were an interested GM I wouldn’t give much for him. Additionally, if they sign him and don’t get a trade they’re stuck with that contract on the books.

Now, a young goalie like Halak and Rask I’d value more (worse teams; Boston’s D is decent but they couldn’t score). I have a feeling that folks are seeing these rookies/youngsters perform well and are riding that wave but Niemi didn’t carry the Hawks like Halak did with MTL and Rask did with the B’s. GMs will see that and not offer squat for him. Besides, there are cheaper goalies on the market right now that have actually played more than half a season.

Not that I’d normally care but I’d love to see Turco go to the Hawks and win a cup (since we’re not going to do it).