Confirmed with Link: Coyotes claim G Scott Wedgewood off of waivers from New Jersey
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RABBIT
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PainForShane
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I liked Wedgewood from what little I've seen of him. Good backup for the Melk man and lets Prosvetov develop while staying away from this year's dumpster fire. Good pickup imo
He's been with us before. Serviceable. Not great, but actually plays like he belongs in the NHL.
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Art.Vandelay
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First time here he was part of the package that got us Kuemper. Just for that, I'm a fan.
JasonDemersWasOkay
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Hell he’s better than Hutton. Run vej and wedge and keep Prosvetov in Tucson.
Dirty Old Man
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"hey who bumped a thread from 2017?....oh."
Stop you're giving Todd Walsh the vapors and we just don't need that.
Vinny Boombatz
formerly ctwin22
Can someone please tell me why we would pick up Wedgewood now, when we could have had Connor Ingram? I'm happy we got Wedgewood so that Prosvetov can go back to Tucson, but why would we get Wedgewood rather than Ingram?
Dylan9z9
LGD 2024-25
Compared to Carter Hutton, Scott Wedgewood might as well be Dominik Hasek.
Dylan9z9
LGD 2024-25
You will be cursing him soon .... he is Frankenstein in the net he only reacts when the puck is already behind him
rt
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Carter Hutton probably couldn’t even be an above average back up in the ECHL. He should be retired. He can’t play at all.
Prosvetov should be in the AHL getting starts and winning games.
Vejmelka HAS to have SOMEBODY to back him up. So I guess this makes some amount of sense on some level. But the problem is that Wedgewood is not an NHL caliber goalie. He doesn’t belong in the NHL. He can’t play in the NHL.
Prosvetov should be in the AHL getting starts and winning games.
Vejmelka HAS to have SOMEBODY to back him up. So I guess this makes some amount of sense on some level. But the problem is that Wedgewood is not an NHL caliber goalie. He doesn’t belong in the NHL. He can’t play in the NHL.
RemoAZ
Let it burn
Then he's exactly what we're looking for, a replacement for Tank Commander Hutton.
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Matias Maccete
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They're both brutal. Probably not even good enough for AHL action.
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I mean... neither was Flower apparently. Maybe not the best analogy to make =D
Also, I don't think you realize how bad we are this year (and also that this is intentional from a mgmt / ownership level). If Wedgewood keeps us respectable-ish and helps the development of our top long term goalie prospect (by letting him stay in Tucson), that's a win. We don't need Wedgewood to be winning games. We do need him to provide NHL-ish backup level goaltending and give Melk a break every so often and help make 5-1 games with AHL goaltending (Hutton) into the 3-1 games they could / should be. That's a lot to ask but imo Wedgewood has a good chance
Ughhhh
it gets Provs back to A though so that’s a positive. Doesn’t prevent us from doing something else. Its a meh move.
it gets Provs back to A though so that’s a positive. Doesn’t prevent us from doing something else. Its a meh move.
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It doesn’t really matter. Neither belong in the NHL. This is poor roster management by Bill Armstrong, plain and simple.
They're using a contract slot on him, and when they waive him or Hutton, either is definitely going to clear waivers. Now what? We send Korenar to the ECHL? That’s pretty messed up, IMO.
Nobody is going to be able to convince me that we couldn’t have traded Korenar and a draft pick for some goalie that’s at least passable as an NHL-level back-up.
I’m curious to learn what @XX thinks about this move. Especially as it relates to trades/waivers options, goalie depth, and contracts.
rt
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See, it’s this part I don’t like. I feel like it does slightly tie our hands.
Unless Hutton is going to the LTIR for the rest of the season or if he’s told the team he’s going to retire if they send him down. I don’t know how else we’re going to rid ourselves of TWO of Hutton/Korenar/Wedgewood in order to bring in a goaltender capable of playing in the NHL.
I’m confused by this. Very disappointed.
I feel like this means LTIR for Hutton. Liked Wedgie his first go around, even though he really wasn’t any good that go around.
