When the Minnesota Wild quickly shot their shot with Cam Talbot hours into free agency last offseason, I wasn’t thrilled with the sudden nature of the move. Talbot had been average at saving goals above expectation previously in his career, and with a deep class of goalies I was concerned that Guerin was taking a flier on a guy without thinking anything more than “Stalock and Dubnyk weren’t good enough.” At best, I thought it was acceptable, and at worst, I worried that the contract could appear to be an overpay relative to the saturated free agent market for goalies that year.
Recap: Wild escape Arizona in 3-1 win
