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Scott Darling had one of the worst modern save % I've seen. Wouldn't be shocked if he's the one on waivers
I would not be surprised if that happens and if both are eventually put back on waivers, isn't there some rule which says the Leafs have the first chance to claim either one?
Scott Darling had one of the worst modern save % I've seen. Wouldn't be shocked if he's the one on waivers
can't believe the Leafs would risk waiving a 35 year old career backup that they also picked up on waivers. they're the real gongshow organization in OntarioGreat pickup. Hes better than sparks. Leafs messed up.
Maybe that was the rule I must have been thinking of.No, there is no such rule. Waiver priority is based on standings and there is no priority to a team that waived a player previously. The only advantage Toronto has is that if one of them is waived again, and Toronto claims them, they can send them down to the minors without waiving them again provided nobody else put in a claim also (ie...someone with a better record). I think the chances of that are slim so if they go on waivers and Toronto claims one of them, chances are they will be the only claim and can send them down.
Can you imagine the reaction would have been if Sparks was waived instead and the Leafs ended up losing a 25 year old back up goalie.can't believe the Leafs would risk waiving a 35 year old career backup that they also picked up on waivers. they're the real gongshow organization in Ontario
That's a rough contract but McElhinney's save percent was like 40 points higher than Darling's. If McElhinney plays well, waiving him would be a really tough decision.Put him on waivers with 3 more years left at 4 million per? Dont see it, McBackup and Pickard are likely to be re waived.
I hope McBackup becomes McStarter in Carolina. Dude is awesome. Given Darling is crap, and Mrazek is a question mark, McBackup is certainly in the mix to be the one not on waivers when Darling comes back in a few weeks.
Truthfully, if Andersen got hurt I wouldn't trust any of Sparks, Pickard or Mcilhinney to take over.If Andersen gets hurt, which of those 2 would you have be the back up?
Or would you make a trade?
The problem with that is it means an extra roster spot would have been taken up by one of them, so it couldn't have gone to a different forward or defenseman.