When Philadelphia Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher inked Martin Jones to backup Carter Hart last offseason he was banking on the veteran bouncing back into form after being bought out by the San Jose Sharks.
Figuring that Hart would dominance the crease, Jones would provide a steady experienced options to take the load off even if at the higher end of the backup goal market for $2 million — seemed logical enough.
But the issue for Fletcher was that Jones was at that point coming off of increasingly worse and worse seasons with the Sharks, posting three-straight double digit negative Goals Saved Above Average (GSAA) seasons dating back to 2018-19.