Goaltender Joonas Korpisalo joins Senators on five-year, $20M deal

July 01, 2023 - 4:38pm

The Hockey Central signing season panel break down the Ottawa Senators five-year deal with goaltender Joonas Korpisalo and discuss how it finally brings stability to the backstop position they were looking for.

The Ottawa Senators made a big splash in free agency by agreeing to a five-year, $20-million contract with goaltender Joonas Korpisalo on Saturday.

The move gives the Senators some confidence in net after years of patchworking the position, including using seven goaltenders last season.

The contract breaks down as follows, according to the team: $4 million in 2023-24, $5M in 2024-25, $4.5M in 2025-26, $3.5M in 2026-27 and $3M in 2027-28.

Korpisalo, an eight-year veteran, was widely considered to be the best goaltender available on the free-agent market.

Last season split between the Kings and Blue Jackets, the 29-year-old had a .914 save percentage and 2.87 goals-against average in 39 appearances.

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