Cam Talbot

Cam Talbot

37-Year-Old GoalieG
Detroit Red Wings
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Last season, Talbot played in 54 games for the Kings, going 27-20-6 with a 2.50 GAA and .913 save percentage. He even represented the Kings at the NHL All-Star Game. He inked a two-year deal with the Wings on the second day of free agency in July. On the surface, Talbot is a big upgrade over the Wings netminding mess of 2023-24. Yes, he's 37, and the end of his career is in sight and he has competition with Ville Husso and Alex Lyon, but Talbot still has gas in the tank and should, at a minimum, be able to stabilize the position and deliver on the strong half of a platoon. It's hard to think he'll match last year's ratios - the Wings system is porous in comparison to the Kings' defense-first approach, but Talbot will be a sturdy, above-average fantasy netminder who'll help in deep leagues. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a two-year, $5 million contract with the Red Wings in July of 2024.
Sharp in Saturday's win
GDetroit Red Wings
November 3, 2024
Talbot turned aside 31 shots in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Sabres.
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Alex Tuch beat him on a shorthanded breakaway midway through the first period, but Talbot shut the door the rest of the way. The veteran netminder is settling into a timeshare with Alex Lyon, and through six appearances this season, Talbot has a 3-1-1 record with a 2.74 GAA and .923 save percentage.
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After two solid campaigns with Minnesota, Talbot went to Ottawa and struggled, posting a 17-14-2 record, 2.93 GAA and .898 save percentage in 36 contests. In terms of save percentage, it was the second-worst mark of his career, behind only his .892 in 2018-19 and it was well below his career average of .914. Looking a little deeper, Talbot surrendered 95 goals in 2022-23 versus an expected goals against of 94.27, which suggests that if you factor out the defense playing in front of him, then the 36-year-old goaltender was basically the definition of mediocre, neither helping nor hurting his team. Now with the Kings, a squad that was one of the best defensively last year, but held back by poor goaltending, it wouldn't be surprising if Talbot's numbers improved. However, at his age, he isn't likely to start in more than half of LA's contests, with the other half of the goaltending duties projected to fall on Pheonix Copley's shoulders.
Talbot began the year as Minnesota's No. 1 goaltender, but the team reverted to a platoon approach after acquiring Marc-Andre Fleury from the Blackhawks in late March. Talbot's 32-12-4 mark was impressive, while his 2.76 GAA and .911 save percentage suggest he didn't perform quite as well as his record might lead you to believe. Minnesota re-signed Fleury this summer and there were rumblings Talbot wasn't thrilled with the potential of another time share and that was all but confirmed when the team traded him to Ottawa in July. The move should give Talbot the chance to be the unquestioned starter on what may very well be one of the NHL's most improved teams, so don't forget about the 35-year-old veteran on draft day.
Talbot certainly played well in his first season in Minnesota in 2020-21, but he wasn't as good as his 19-8-5 record would lead you to believe. His 2.63 GAA was identical to what he posted in his lone season in Calgary, and his save percentage actually dropped from .919 to .915 in his maiden voyage with the Wild. Backup goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen got significant playing time throughout the course of the year, but Talbot, who is signed for two more years at a cap hit of more than $3.6 million, is the unquestioned No. 1 'keeper for the Wild heading into the 2021-22 season. That makes him a mid-tier fantasy option for managers.
Talbot beat David Rittich out for the Flames' starting job by the end of the 2019-20 campaign. With a 2.63 GAA, .919 save percentage and a 12-10-1 record in 26 games, Talbot had his best season since 2016-17 last year. It wasn't enough to keep the Flames' interested, but he was able to secure a three-year deal with the Wild to be the 1A option ahead of Alex Stalock. The 33-year-old Talbot should be expected to be the primary starter in 2020-21, although he likely won't see more than 50 appearances in an 82-game season. Fantasy managers would do well to pair Talbot and Stalock together when possible -- both were solid last year and head coach Dean Evason may ride the hot hand at times.
After appearing in just four games with Philadelphia last season, Talbot returns to western Canada on a one-year deal with the Flames. 2018-19 wasn't exactly kind to the veteran netminder. He went 11-17-3 while posting a sub-par .892 save percentage and 3.40 GAA in 35 appearances split between the Oilers and Flyers. Things could go much better for Talbot this season, though, as Calgary gave up far fewer goals than either Edmonton or Philadelphia last year. Additionally, just three years ago, Talbot led the league with 42 wins and posted a .919 save percentage and a 2.39 GAA. Even if he doesn't reach those heights, he should be able to bounce back, at least to an extent, in 2019-20. Talbot will, however, be battling David Rittich for playing time in net, so the lion's share of the workload is far from guaranteed to the veteran backstop.
The No. 1 netminder in Edmonton finished the 2017-18 campaign with a 31-31-3 record, 3.02 GAA and .908 save percentage. Those were the worst ratios of Talbot's NHL career, and he only earned one shutout. Still, this past season was a down year for all of Edmonton, and surpassing 42 wins from a breakout campaign of 2016-17 was going to be tough by any goaltender's standards. The good news is that the Oilers didn't bring in anyone this offseason to compete with the 31-year-old for his starting gig, meaning a third consecutive season of 60-plus starts between the pipes should be attainable for Talbot, who is in a contract year and cashing out the balance of a $12.5 million deal.
Those fantasy owners who placed their bets on the Oilers improving rapidly in Connor McDavid’s second year by drafting Talbot relatively cheaply were rewarded in spades last year, as he easily led all goalies in appearances with a whopping 73 and won 42 of them, tying Braden Holtby for tops in the NHL in that category. Talbot did that despite not improving all that much from the prior campaign, as his .919 save percentage and 2.39 GAA were quite respectable, but hardly a major departure from his 2015-16 results (.917, 2.55). The Oilers would surely like to dial back the 30-year-old’s enormous workload to a somewhat more reasonable level -- say, the mid-60s -- but it’s not clear how many starts they'll feel comfortable having backup Laurent Brossoit shoulder. Although his ratios fall short of elite, Talbot’s liberal usage and team context make him one of the finest goaltending options in this fall’s fantasy drafts.
Although Edmonton’s disorganized defense was a far cry from what Talbot enjoyed as a member of the Rangers, he still managed to put up a respectable 2.55 GAA and .917 save percentage in his first season as a starter. The University of Alabama in Huntsville alum returns as the Oilers’ unquestioned top option in the crease, and an improved blue line should help his stats while also giving Talbot a good chance at finally eclipsing the 21-win mark, which he’s reached in two consecutive seasons. His save percentage has dropped with a bigger sample in each of his three NHL campaigns, but this season could reverse that trend if the Oilers do indeed take a step forward as expected.
Expectations on Talbot may be a bit unrealistic this season. The Oilers were moved to acquire the 28-year-old after he was fantastic as the Rangers’ starter when King Henrik went down last season, finishing with a 21-9-4 record, five shutouts, a 2.21 GAA, and a .926 save percentage. But that was behind an ironclad blue line, something the Oilers just don’t have. It’s going to be a tough haul for Talbot to prove he’s capable of being a starting NHL goalie in the colds of Alberta. He could still win 30 games, but those ratios will certainly take hit. Talbot is better suited as a second goalie in a deep league than a guy you can rely on to solidify your twine tent.
At 6-3, the Ontario native weighs more than the 200 pounds he's listed at. It's widely assumed that if Henrik Lundqvist were to leave for greener pastures after the upcoming season, Talbot would be the next in line behind Martin Biron. Of course, with Henrik locked up for the upcoming season and Biron's advanced age, Talbot will need to be sharper than he's been at the AHL level before any talk of "grooming" commences. The Alabama-Huntsville alum has posted a 50-52-4 record with eight shutouts through three-plus seasons with the AHL's Wolf Pack.
Talbot signed with the Rangers in 2010 and spent most of his time with the AHL Connecticut Whale last season before being added to the Rangers' playoff roster. Talbot faces long odds to make the Blueshirts' roster with Henrik Lundqvist and Martin Biron entrenched in their spots, but he's a name fantasy owners should know in case their is a rash of goaltending injuries at Madison Square Garden.
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Starting Saturday
GDetroit Red Wings
November 1, 2024
Talbot will defend the home crease versus Buffalo on Saturday, Max Bultman of The Athletic reports.
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Solid effort in loss
GDetroit Red Wings
October 27, 2024
Talbot allowed three goals on 34 shots in Sunday's 3-2 overtime loss to Edmonton.
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Tending twine Sunday
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October 27, 2024
Talbot will protect the home net Sunday against Edmonton, according to Ansar Khan of MLive.com.
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Solid in net Thursday
GDetroit Red Wings
October 25, 2024
Talbot made 37 saves on 40 shots en route to a 5-3 win over New Jersey on Thursday.
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Getting starting nod versus Devils
GDetroit Red Wings
October 24, 2024
Talbot will be between the home pipes against New Jersey on Thursday, Max Bultman of The Athletic reports.
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Expected to start Thursday
GDetroit Red Wings
October 24, 2024
Talbot is slated to protect the home crease versus New Jersey on Thursday, Sean Shapiro of EP Rinkside reports.
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Talbot is expected to make his third start of the season. The netminder was sensational in his opening start, stopping all 42 Nashville shots in a 3-0 win Oct. 12. He faltered Oct. 17 versus the Rangers, giving up five goals on 19 shots before being replaced just past the halfway mark of the second period. The Devils lead the NHL in scoring with 32 goals in nine games.
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