The Philadelphia Flyers are a very frustrating team to watch. Their best and most consistent player, shockingly, has been goalie Steve Mason.
Without Mason, the Flyers would likely be a cellar-dwelling team right now and fans would be writing the team off entirely and looking to the offseason already.
But the 25-year-old has been a revelation in Philadelphia and is greatly outplaying his one-year, $1.5 million contract. Of all other goalies who have started at least 24 games, Mason is seventh in goals-against average and fifth in save percentage.
Because of his contract only being for the 2013-14 season, there have been reports of extension talks. While that's good and fine, there needs to be some perspective here.
Mason's agent, Anton Thun, compared his client to Carey Price. Let's take a step back here and think about that for a second.
Carey Price has a $6.5 million cap hit over six seasons. He's the fourth-highest paid goalie in the entire NHL.
His statistics are actually not very impressive at all. And that's the point.
Goalies are both valuable and invaluable in t ...
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Why a Big Extension for Steve Mason Would Be a Mistake for Philadelphia Flyers
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