Source: Mark Spector, Sportsnet.ca, September 28, 2018
When Peter Chiarelli signed a long-forgotten backup goalie out of Europe named Mikko Koskinen this past summer, the expectations were that he’d unearthed a gem.
A guy who could cut down Cam Talbot’s workload, and maybe, just maybe, challenge for more than the traditional 20 starts a backup usually gets.
But when the terms of the contact were announced — one year at $2.5 million, a very hefty number for an unproven backup — Koskinen became that guy. You know, the one who will always be judged not by the numbers on his stat line, but by the number on his paycheck.
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