I am, which is why I'm asking what's your definition of a franchise goalie.
I personally wouldn't build my team around a goalie so that notion of franchise goalie is a bit silly to me. The difference between the top goalie in the league and the 15th one is probably around 10 goals a year.
Agreed so why pay this moronic deal .Even if 31 had Nero by the nuts , negotiate a bit you clown .
The gap is marginal from 1-15 like you said , way smaller than the 1-15 Centers .
I still say no one was going to that stupid contract in free agency . We paid for past performance . not the macro future outlook of him and the team .