:Cam Talbot

Cam Talbot grew up in Caledonia, Ontario, and started playing with the Caledonia Thunder MHA programs before joining the Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs of the South Central AAA League in Minor Bantam. He played three seasons of AAA hockey, was undrafted in the 2003 OHL Priority Selection, and returned to the Jr. Bulldogs, where he played a season of Major Midget.

After a solid Major Midget season, Talbot made the Hamilton Red Wings of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) for the 2004–05 season.

Talbot played college hockey at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.{{cite web|title=Talbot beat odds to get NHL contract|url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=532127|date=June 18, 2010|publisher=New York Rangers|access-date=2011-02-28}} In the 2009–10 season, he was named to the All-College Hockey America Second Team and was named the Most Valuable Player in the CHA Tournament, while leading the Chargers to a berth in the NCAA Tournament.{{cite magazine|title=Cam Talbot |url=http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?7933 |magazine=The Hockey News |access-date=November 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104055724/http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?7933 |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}

File:Cam Talbot.jpg in 2012]]

As an undrafted free agent, the New York Rangers signed Talbot to a contract on March 30, 2010.{{cite web |title=Blueshirts add goaltender Talbot |url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=523272 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=January 19, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403014431/http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=523272 |archive-date=April 3, 2010 |date=March 30, 2012}} He was promoted to the Rangers on February 28, 2011, after playing the majority of the 2010–11 season with the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League (AHL). He also played two ECHL games with the Greenville Road Warriors.{{cite web |title=Five debuts give ECHL 520 players to reach NHL |url=http://www.echl.com/five-debuts-give-echl-520-players-to-reach-nhl-p188159 |publisher=ECHL |access-date=January 19, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107170921/http://www.echl.com/five-debuts-give-echl-520-players-to-reach-nhl-p188159 |archive-date=November 7, 2013 |date=October 29, 2013}} and was returned to the Whale on March 3, 2011.{{cite web |title=Goalie Talbot called up from Greenville |url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=554603 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=January 19, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703151306/http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=554603 |archive-date=July 3, 2015 |date=February 28, 2011}}{{cite web |title=Johnson called up from Connecticut |url=https://www.nhl.com/rangers/news/johnson-called-up-from-connecticut/c-554832 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=January 19, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620142310/https://www.nhl.com/rangers/news/johnson-called-up-from-connecticut/c-554832 |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |date=March 3, 2011}}

Talbot played the 2011–12 season with Connecticut, but after Connecticut was eliminated from the AHL playoffs, Talbot was added to the Rangers' Stanley Cup playoff roster.{{cite news |last1=Gourlie |first1=Matthew |title=McIlrath added to Rangers playoff roster |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022101435/http://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/Sports/Hockey/2012-05-15/article-2980222/McIlrath-added-to-Rangers-playoff-roster/1 |access-date=January 19, 2025 |publisher=Moose Jaw Times-Herald |date=October 22, 2013 |archive-url=http://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/Sports/Hockey/2012-05-15/article-2980222/McIlrath-added-to-Rangers-playoff-roster/1 |archive-date=May 15, 2012}} After the 2012–13 Whale season, he was again added to the Rangers' playoff roster.{{cite web |title=Rangers call up 10 players from Whale |url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=668096 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=19 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504174231/http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=668096 |archive-date=May 4, 2013 |date=April 28, 2013}} Talbot was again called up to the Rangers on October 15, 2013, after Martin Biron was demoted to the AHL, finding himself a place in the NHL for the first time as the backup to starter Henrik Lundqvist.{{cite web |last=Cerny |first=Jim |title=J.T. Miller and Cam Talbot Join Rangers |url=http://blueshirtsunited.com/posts/4040/rangers-recall-miller-talbot-from-hartford |work=Blueshirts United |access-date=October 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017025741/http://blueshirtsunited.com/posts/4040/rangers-recall-miller-talbot-from-hartford |archive-date=October 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |date=October 15, 2013 |df=mdy }} Talbot made his on-ice NHL debut on October 24 in a 2–1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.{{cite web |last=Cerny |first=Jim |title=Wednesday Practice Report: Talbot In For Hurt Lundqvist In Philly |url=http://blueshirtsunited.com/posts/4089/wednesday-practice-report-talbot-in-for-hurt-lundqvist-in-philly |work=Blueshirts United |access-date=October 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024190248/http://blueshirtsunited.com/posts/4089/wednesday-practice-report-talbot-in-for-hurt-lundqvist-in-philly |archive-date=October 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |date=October 23, 2013 |df=mdy }}{{cite news|title=Coburn's goal gives Flyers 2–1 win over Rangers|author=Wisniwski, M.|agency=Associated Press|date=October 24, 2013|access-date=2013-10-26|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/coburns-goal-gives-flyers-2-015837263--nhl.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224435/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/coburns-goal-gives-flyers-2-015837263--nhl.html|url-status=dead}} His first NHL win came in his next game, against the Detroit Red Wings, on October 26, 2013,{{cite news|title=Brassard's OT goal gives Rangers win over Detroit|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/brassards-ot-goal-gives-rangers-020448310--nhl.html|agency=Associated Press|access-date=2013-10-26|date=October 26, 2013|archive-date=December 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223111415/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/brassards-ot-goal-gives-rangers-020448310--nhl.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Derick Brassard scores game-winning goal to lift NY Rangers past Red Wings|author=Leonard, P.|newspaper=New York Daily News|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/rangers/brassard-buries-wings-rangers-much-needed-win-article-1.1497779|access-date=2013-10-26|date=October 26, 2013}} and he earned his first NHL shutout against the Montreal Canadiens on November 16, 2013.{{cite web|title=Talbot's shutout gives Rangers rare win in Montreal|author=Murphy, J.|publisher=NHL.com|url=https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-nyr/2013/11/16/2013020295|access-date=2013-11-17|date=November 17, 2013}} In the 2014 playoffs, Talbot twice entered to relieve Lundqvist en route to the Rangers' Eastern Conference title before ultimately falling to the Los Angeles Kings in the Finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/rangers-backup-g-cam-talbot-injured-out-for-stanley-cup-finals-opener-untested-leneveu-is-in/|title=Rangers backup G Cam Talbot injured, out for Stanley Cup finals opener; untested Leneveu is in|publisher=Fox News|access-date=2014-06-08|date=2014-06-04}}

For the 2014–15 season, Talbot began the year as the Rangers' backup goaltender, and in his first eight games played, he recorded three shutouts, matching his total from the entire previous season.

On February 3, 2015, Talbot became New York's temporary starting goaltender after Henrik Lundqvist suffered a vascular injury in his neck area. Talbot started 24 of the Rangers' next 26 games (Mackenzie Skapski played the other two) until March 27, when Lundqvist returned to the line-up. During Lundqvist's absence, Talbot performed better in net and went 17–4–3. Talbot ended the season with a lower GAA (2.21), and a higher save percentage (.926) than Lundqvist (2.25 GAA, .922 save percentage). For his remarkable efforts towards New York's Presidents' Trophy-winning season, he received the Steve McDonald Extra Effort Award on April 6.

On June 27, 2015, Talbot was traded by the Rangers to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for three draft picks in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite news| url = https://nypost.com/2015/06/27/rangers-trade-cam-talbot-and-carl-hagelin/ | title = Rangers trade Cam Talbot and Carl Hagelin | newspaper = New York Post | date = 2015-06-27 | access-date = 2015-06-27}} Talbot competed for Edmonton's #1 goaltender spot with Anders Nilsson during his first season with the Oilers.{{cite web |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/cult-of-hockey-trade-confirmed-oilers-deal-anders-nilsson-to-blues-for-goalie-prospect-niklas-lundstrom-5th-round-pick |title=Cult of Hockey: Trade confirmed -- Oilers deal Anders Nilsson to Blues for goalie prospect Niklas Lundstrom, 5th round pick |work=Edmonton Journal |last=McCurdy |first=Bruce |date=February 27, 2016 |access-date=February 22, 2023}} On January 17, 2016, the Oilers signed Talbot to a three-year, $12 million contract extension.{{cite web| url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=798215 | title = Oilers agree to three-year extension with Talbot | publisher = National Hockey League | date = 2016-01-17 | access-date = 2016-01-18}} Nilsson was eventually traded to the St. Louis Blues, leaving Cam Talbot as Edmonton's starting goaltender. On April 6, 2017, Talbot set an Oilers record for most wins in a season passing Grant Fuhr, who had 40 wins, by earning 41 wins.{{cite web |last1=McLaren |first1=Ian |title=Talbot sets Oilers' single-season wins record |url=https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1274044 |website=thescore.com |access-date=September 27, 2018 |date=April 7, 2017}} Talbot finished the season by leading the NHL in games played (72 of 82 in the regular season) and time on ice by a goaltender, as well as tied for first in wins with 42. The Oilers finished that season second in the Pacific Division, with 103 points. Talbot helped the Oilers reach Game 7 of the Western Semifinals, losing to the Anaheim Ducks in the first playoff appearance by the Oilers in ten years. Talbot finished the playoffs with a 2.88 GAA, a .924 save percentage, and two shutouts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/stats/2016-2017/playoffs|title=Edmonton Oilers Stats | 2016–2017}}{{Citation|last=Samboke|title=Top 10 Goalies Right Now|date=2017-08-07|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EszBHc0tDVI|access-date=2017-08-13}}

On October 4, 2017, Talbot recorded a 27-save shutout in the 2017–18 season-opener against the Calgary Flames.{{cite web |last1=Gazzola |first1=Paul |title=Game Story: Oilers 3, Flames 0 |url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/game-story-oilers-3-flames-0/c-291572468 |publisher=NHL.com |access-date=September 27, 2018 |date=October 5, 2017}} Talbot and the Oilers would not be able to replicate the previous season's success, and missed the playoffs. Talbot finished the season with a 31–31–3 record with a goals-against-average of 3.02.{{cite web |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/what-went-wrong-with-the-edmonton-oilers-this-year-cam-talbot-went-wrong |title=What went wrong with the Edmonton Oilers this year? Cam Talbot tops the list |work=Edmonton Journal |last=Staples |first=David |date=April 8, 2019 |access-date=February 22, 2023}} By 2018–19, his play had dipped again and he had been surpassed by Mikko Koskinen in the Oilers net.{{cite web |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/cam-talbot-traded-to-flyers-koskinen-now-king-in-edmonton |title=Cam Talbot traded to Flyers, Koskinen now king in Edmonton |work=Edmonton Journal |last=Staples |first=David |date=February 15, 2019 |access-date=February 22, 2023}}

On February 15, 2019, Talbot was traded by the Oilers to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for goaltender Anthony Stolarz.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/oilers-trade-talbot-to-flyers-for-stolarz-1.1258737 |title=Oilers trade Talbot to Flyers for Stolarz |work=TSN |date=February 15, 2019 |access-date=February 15, 2019}} Talbot had to waive his no-movement contract clause to be traded to the Flyers. Philadelphia acquired him to be both competition and a mentor to young goaltender Carter Hart and to replace Brian Elliott as backup.{{cite web |url=https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/sports/nhl/flyers/2019/02/16/heres-why-flyers-traded-anthony-stolarz-edmonton-cam-talbot/2890296002/ |title=Cam Talbot 'very open' to signing extension after Flyers traded for him |work=Courier Post |last=Isaac |first=Dave |date=February 16, 2019 |access-date=February 22, 2023}} However, his numbers did not improve with Philadelphia, which was one of the worst teams in terms of goals against.{{cite web |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nhl/news/nhl-free-agency-2019-flames-oilers-swap-goalies-as-cam-talbot-mike-smith-sign-new-deals/16ss0t8n71yb613ajk2g9n9f0m |title=NHL free agency 2019: Flames, Oilers swap goalies as Cam Talbot, Mike Smith sign new deals |work=Sporting News |last=Spiegel |first=Jackie |date=July 1, 2019 |access-date=February 22, 2023}}

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On July 1, 2019, having left the Flyers as a free agent, Talbot was signed to a one-year, $2.75 million deal with the Calgary Flames. On February 1, 2020, Talbot fought fellow goalie Mike Smith during a Battle of Alberta game.{{cite web |last1=Brehm |first1=Mike |title=Goalies Mike Smith, Cam Talbot fight as Oilers-Flames rivalry heats up |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2020/02/01/goalie-fight-mike-smith-cam-talbot-oilers-flames/4638417002/ |website=USA TODAY |access-date=22 January 2021 |date=2 February 2020}} During the COVID-19 pandemic and the NHL's return to play, Talbot backstopped the Flames to a 3–1 series win over the Winnipeg Jets including a game four shutout of the Jets, earning Talbot the nickname "Yes We Cam" Talbot.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/flames-sign-cam-talbot/c-308147036?tid=282300716 | title = Flames sign Cam Talbot | publisher = Calgary Flames | date = July 1, 2019 | access-date = July 1, 2019}}

On October 9, 2020, the opening day of free agency, Talbot left the Flames and agreed to a three-year deal worth $11 million to become the starting goaltender for the Minnesota Wild.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/wild/news/cam-talbot-three-year-contract-100920/c-319398266 | title = Wild signs goalie Cam Talbot to a three-year contract | publisher = Minnesota Wild | date = October 9, 2020 | access-date = October 9, 2020}} He recorded a 19–8–5 record during the regular season in his first campaign with the Wild, leading them to a playoff spot. However, the Wild were eliminated in the first round of the 2021 playoffs by the Vegas Golden Knights.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/minnesota-wild-eliminated-from-playoffs/c-325070398 |title=Wild ousted from playoffs due to injuries, scoring issues |first=Nicholas J. |last=Cotsonika |publisher=NHL.com |date=29 May 2021 |access-date=22 February 2023}} Talbot and young backup Kaapo Kähkönen played most of the 2021–22 season as the goalie tandem in Minnesota. However, the Wild traded out Kähkönen and acquired goaltender Marc-André Fleury at the trade deadline to improve their depth in goal.{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/stanley-cup-playoffs-goalie-power-rankings-who-has-the-edge/ |title=Stanley Cup Playoffs Goalie Power Rankings: Who has the edge? |work=Sportsnet |last=Boylen |first=Rory |date=May 2, 2022 |access-date=February 22, 2023}} The Wild played Fleury through most of the first round playoff loss to the St. Louis Blues. Fleury, a pending free agent, re-signed with Minnesota in the offseason, allowing Wild general manager Bill Guerin to make Talbot available for trade despite stating that he intended to keep Talbot.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/34233231/minnesota-wild-deal-disgruntled-goaltender-cam-talbot-ottawa-senators-filip-gustavsson |title=Minnesota Wild deal disgruntled goaltender Cam Talbot to Ottawa Senators for Filip Gustavsson |work=ESPN |first=Greg |last=Wyshynski |date=July 12, 2022}}

On July 12, 2022, with a year remaining on his contract, Talbot was traded by the Wild to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Filip Gustavsson.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/senators/news/ottawa-senators-acquire-forward-alex-debrincat-from-chicago/c-334845508 | title = Ottawa Senators acquire goaltender Cam Talbot from Minnesota | publisher = Ottawa Senators | date = July 12, 2022 | accessdate = July 12, 2022}} On December 12, 2022, Talbot got his first shutout with his new team, making 32 saves in a 3–0 win over the Anaheim Ducks.{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/cam-talbot-shutout-ottawa-senators-beat-anaheim-ducks-1.1892459 |title=Talbot gets first shutout with Sens in win over Ducks |work=TSN |agency=The Canadian Press |date=December 12, 2023 |access-date=June 9, 2023}} On December 27, 2022 Talbot stopped 49 of 51 shots in a 3–2 shootout win over the Boston Bruins,{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators-boston-bruins-recap-dec-27-1.6698436 |title=Talbot shines, DeBrincat settles it as Senators beat Bruins in shootout |work=CBC Sports |last=Desaulniers |first=Darren |agency=The Canadian Press |date=December 27, 2022 |access-date=June 9, 2023}} setting the Senators team record for saves recorded in a win.{{cite web |url=https://facesmag.ca/looking-out-for-number-one-cam-talbots-record-setting-night/ |title=Looking Out For Number One: Cam Talbot's Record-Setting Night |last=Warne |first=Steve |work=Faces Magazine |date=December 28, 2022 |access-date=June 9, 2023}} However, Talbot suffered a sequence of injuries including a broken rib{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/ottawa-senators/news/cam-talbot-will-not-be-back-in-ottawa-next-season-now-what |title=Cam Talbot Will Not Be Back in Ottawa Next Season: Now What? |work=The Hockey News |last=Warne |first=Steve |date=April 18, 2023 |access-date=June 9, 2023}} and a lower-body injury that kept him out of the lineup for three weeks.{{cite web |url=https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2023/03/09/senators-goalie-cam-talbot-out-three-weeks-with-lower-body-injury-6669182/ |title=Senators goalie Cam Talbot out three weeks with lower-body injury |work=CityNews |date=March 9, 2023 |access-date=June 9, 2023}} Despite plans by both Talbot and the Ottawa Senators for him to remain in Ottawa, a difference in contract length led Ottawa's general manager Pierre Dorion to announce in April 2023 that Talbot would not return with the team.

At the opening of free agency on July 1, 2023, Talbot signed an incentive-laden, one-year, $2 million contract with the Los Angeles Kings. During the 2023–24 season, Talbot appeared in 54 games, posting a 27–20–6 record with a 2.50 GAA, a .913 save percentage, and three shutouts.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/kings-sign-goaltender-cam-talbot-to-a-one-year-contract/c-345162116 | title = Kings sign Goaltender Cam Talbot to one-year deal | publisher = Los Angeles Kings | date = July 1, 2023 | accessdate = July 1, 2023}}

On July 1, 2024, Talbot signed as a free agent to a two-year, $5 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/red-wings-sign-goaltender-cam-talbot-to-two-year-contract |title=Red Wings sign goaltender Cam Talbot to two-year contract |website=NHL.com |first=Thomas |last=Roth |date=July 1, 2024 |access-date=July 1, 2024}}

Talbot married his wife Kelly in 2011,{{cite web |title=KELLY TALBOT – THE HARDEST JOB IN HOCKEY |url=http://yegfitness.ca/kelly-talbot-the-hardest-job-in-hockey/ |website=yegfitness.ca |access-date=September 27, 2018 |date=July 27, 2017}} and the two had twins in October 2016.{{cite web |last1=Tilley |first1=Meg |title=Two by two |url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/two-by-two/c-282830840?tid=281885062 |website=NHL.com |access-date=September 27, 2018 |date=October 19, 2016}}

Dating back to his time with the New York Rangers, Talbot has worn masks bearing characters and imagery from the Ghostbusters movies, painted by artist David Gunnarsson.{{cite web |last1=Mizutani |first1=Dane |title=Wild goaltender Cam Talbot explains Ghostbusters mask design |url=https://www.twincities.com/2021/01/16/wild-goaltender-cam-talbot-explains-ghostbusters-mask-design/ |website=Twin Cities.com |access-date=13 November 2021 |date=16 January 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Clinton |first1=Jared |title=Oilers' Cam Talbot loads up the Ecto-1 on new Ghostbusters mask |url=https://www.si.com/hockey/news/oilers-cam-talbot-loads-up-the-ecto-1-on-new-ghostbusters-mask |website=The Hockey News on Sports Illustrated |access-date=13 November 2021 |language=en |date=5 October 2016}} This design also developed the goaltender's identity into being known as "Goalbuster."'{{cite web |title=Talbot's new mask depicts his twins as 'Ghostbusters' cartoons |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/cam-talbots-new-goalie-mask-ghostbusters/c-290724796 |website=NHL.com |access-date=March 15, 2019 |date=August 21, 2017}}

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Talbot attended the 2016 IIHF World Championship as the starting goaltender for Team Canada. He led the team to its second straight gold medal at the tournament and tied a tournament record for shutouts with four.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/Canada-wins-gold-at-2016-worlds|title=Canada #1 at 2016 IIHF World Championship}}

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