If he signed with maybe 25 other teams I wouldn’t have made fun of him.
Columbus is on my no-sympathy/do not sign list.
f*** that organization.
The only time I have sympathy for someone playing there is when they either get traded (and have no say) or if it’s their only option cause they aren’t any good in the first place and it’s hard for them to get contracts. I don’t hold it against Jon Gillies for playing there, though I’ll make fun of his horrid goaltending.
Unfortunately, Severson also falls into this category, as he willingly signed there after we traded his rights.
He’s gonna love playing in front of Elvis the king of softies MerzLEAKins, after calling out our goaltending in 21-22.
Elvis probably had the worst season in the league when you take into account how many games he played while performing that badly. Quremains somehow played 11 more games than Elvis did, so he probably beats out hunk of burnin love.
Pretty good chance Elvis isn’t as bad next year, but I’ve been calling out Elvis for years and have never bought him. He overachieved his first two years in the league, particularly his first year, which was inflated by a stretch where he had 5 shutouts in a span of 8 starts. The market correction was already in full effect by the time the season was halted because of the shutdown.
Elvis is always good for some of the softest, leakiest, most ridiculous goals I find. And his contract really sucks.
Tarasov was also horrible last year and looked like he was an Elvis clone, with the leaky bullshit, mind numbingly soft goals. You wouldn’t know they weren’t the same player if you didn’t see the back of the jersey. And somehow Korpisalo played like some kind of artificial robot in contrast to career performance.
