Stick With Mason – Steve Mason did just sign for two years and $8.2 million (!) over the summer, and it’s still early. We could question the signing all day, honestly. Ondrej Pavelec, former Jet, has a cap hit of only $1.3 million. He doesn’t have the pedigree of Mason (which, is, uh, not great), but he has been much better this season. Pavelec sports a .924 save percentage in six starts with the blueshirts.
Corey Crawford comes with a cap hit of only $6 million. Martin Jones has a cap hit of $3 million. Mason’s numbers have never been stellar, aside from his rookie season in 2008 in Columbus.