TheGoodShepard1
Dongle Digits.
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Happy for McIlvane and the boys down there getting rewarded for their stronger play in February. Ensure everyone in the organization is playing meaningful hockey down the stretch.
Confirmed with Link: [ANA/DET] Ville Husso for future considerations
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This is just a trade. The Gulls needed a goalie. There was a decent one available. The Ducks traded nothing to get him. The Ducks still have gobs of cap space to take on contracts. The Wings didn't need to do this deal to have cap space at the deadline.
I don't understand why anyone would be upset by this unless you really want to be.
I don't understand why anyone would be upset by this unless you really want to be.
This must mean theres a deal in the making for Gibby right? Otherwise PV is doing such an unbelievable favor for his old boss.
I don't see it that way at all. Husso is just an injury replacement and gives the Gulls a better opportunity to make the playoffs.
Seems like you always whine about posters "whining" about Cronin.
SmokeyDuck
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It's well deserved, especially when it seeps into every thread, clogging up meaningful discussions with the 10,000th iteration of FiRe CrOnIn.
Anaheim4ever
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mightyquack
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Glad to see that happen, Butyeyets shouldn't be playing AHL games at this point, especially with playoffs on the line.
Pretty expensive when there could be plenty of waiver options like another Reimer with the incoming trade deadline.
Anyhow we don’t need other mid or late round pick, but it doesn’t hurt to be greedy haha. I want our scouts to find another Brandon Hagel… it’s been many years since Terry or Kase was found, it’s time we hit on another.
The Midnight Burrito
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I'm glad the Gulls are getting a little love.
I agree that it was a little strange that the price was basically nothing. That part is a bit hard to understand.
I’m hoping it’s more of a promise to involve us on a bigger brokered deal. I just mentioned on the trade section how they have a gluttony of prospects and an older guy like Tuomisto could be at least a Cayden Fleury trial type if we traded Dumo. I mean nothing for a waived large contract? Especially from a GM and organization that is super frugal.
mightyquack
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Not hard to understand at all, there are effectively three healthy goaltenders in the organisation right now, and with the Gulls in the middle of a playoff push they need someone there who isn't Butyeyets. Detroit is basically doing us a favour by gifting Husso to us, and we are doing them a favour by taking him off their hands.
We've arguably upgraded on Dansk, at the very least, got another #1 for San Diego without having to give anything up.
Given it was looking more likely we would have to sign someone unsigned from the AHL or ECHL....this is very good.
WhatTheDuck
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The alternative for us may have been giving up a pick or another asset for what's a very a temporary and minor need (AHL goalie for the rest of the year). So in lieu of giving up anything of value, we just owe Husso the remaining cash for this year. I think that's the win-win aspect of it, we had to get an AHL goalie and it's better to spend money than picks.
I'm not arguing about the REASON for the trade...that was fine and I agree. I was agreeing with another poster that taking on a minor league goalie with a $3.6 million contract for nothing is a bit strange...should have been worth a 3rd according to puckpedia...
Hockey Duckie
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First, the trade for F Bailey. And now G Husso. Just need some fringe NHL d-man that will either help the Gulls or stop the young d-man rotation at the NHL level.
MMC
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That isn’t how trades work in reality though. It doesn’t really matter what’s considered “fair” for the receiving team to take on a contract, a team isn’t going to attach a pick to move a contract even if it’s poor without having a reason to pay to move the contract out. Husso is expiring in a season where the Wings have more cap space than they’re going to use
MMC
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I mean you already acknowledged yourself that you understand the reason we made the trade
mightyquack
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This would apply if we didn't have a pretty big goaltending shortage in the organisation. Two of San Diego's goaltenders are out for the season.
We need a goaltender much more then Detroit needs salary relief.
Dansk should be back in SD by the weekend. Gulls have games Wednesday and Friday. So Wednesday will be a problem and maybe Friday. After that they should be fine. Seems like an expensive fix for two games.
There are 22 games left for SD. So the organization is paying Husso about $1.5 million (perhaps a bit more) for 22 games of which he'll probably play a dozen. That's $125k per game he's likely to play for a minor league team! That seem exorbitant to me but your mileage may vary.
FiveTacos
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If the Wings were expected to chip in a pick, they probably don't make the move at all. And we would then either have to make do with some scrap heap ECHL goalie who would be awful, or have to send out an asset ourselves to rent one for a few months.
