Confirmed with Link: Devils waive Cory Schneider

[OmNomNom]

I never understood the love for him. Looking back I wont associate him with anything positive for the franchise.

I wish him luck, but this was long overdue.

"love" for a player isn't always defined solely by how their play is

 

[Cheddabombs]

wonder if it'll be weird at home with Hughes living there

 

[guitarguyvic]

One thing I wish the whole team would learn from him is taking ownership of his shortfalls after a game, unlike some other *****es that prefer to blame the fans.

Or the coach who also never blames himself.

 

[Bleedred]

The real question should be

Who would’ve guessed kinkaid having an nhl job and Cory doesn’t. Woof

Why should this be the real question? Kinkaid has an NHL job because he’s on a one year deal for $1.75 million that expires after this year, and not a $6 million dollar deal that has another two years remaining on it after this one.

He doesn’t have an NHL job because he’s better than Schneider (maybe he kind of is better now though) and we should have just went with him the whole time instead of trading for Schneider. Because as last year proved, he’s not good enough to be your starter and perform adequately at it year after year.

And he might even be right behind him after this year. If he finishes the season with a sub-.900 save percentage for the second year in a row, you think he’s getting a one way NHL deal for next season? Because all the goalies that have been worse than Kinkaid over the last 3 or 4 years (with the exception of Korpisalo, Quick and Schneider and the last two are on big cap hit deals with fern remaining) have found themselves out of the league.

 

[CKPLAYA]

long overdue. One of the last remnants of Lou's days and we all know what how those were. 1st round pick and $42M for a guys that is basically 70 games under 500 since he's been here and won 1 playoff game. Statiscially better than his on ice performace. Never known to be a big time goalie and came up small for the most part in the few big spots the team had. Was well paid and was shown more consideration than I thought he was due.

 

[ninetyeight]

Feels like putting down a sick pet, sad but had to be done.

 

[NJDevs26]

I can't tell if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me based on how this is worded. In my opinion, we don't need the $6 million ($5.25 million with him buried) in space over the next two years right now. If we do at some point, we can buy him out then. We may need the $2 million in space 4 years from now. We might as well keep him until we're forced into doing something else.

Four years from now the cap probably rises by more than that $2 million. It’s really not a big deal. It was a bigger percentage of the cap when we did it with Camm and never mattered.

 

[HBK27]

Wondering why the Devils also make this move?

Maybe just in case Schneider doesn't clear, which seems impossible?

Or is there a chance he doesn't report right away? Maybe they give him some time?

 

[NjDevsRR]

long overdue. One of the last remnants of Lou's days and we all know what how those were. 1st round pick and $42M for a guys that is basically 70 games under 500 since he's been here and won 1 playoff game. Statiscially better than his on ice performace. Never known to be a big time goalie and came up small for the most part in the few big spots the team had. Was well paid and was shown more consideration than I thought he was due.

Good job leaving out his first three years here when he was one of the best goalies in the league on trash team.

 

[CKPLAYA]

Good job leaving out his first three years here when he was one of the best goalies in the league on trash team.

didn't leave out those years. Those years when he was 29 games below 500 are inlcuded.

 

[billingtons ghost]

Certainly a sad day for Cory and the franchise. I have to admit that I was absolutely over-the-top in happiness when Lou made the trade - and I still think it was a good deal.

After watching him for a year, it was clear that he wasn't the goaltender I thought he was, and I was certainly against him during the Marty debates.

It's too bad our terrible defense let him down to the point where he ultimately hurt himself (as have all our other goaltenders since) and also broke his confidence.

This is probably the best thing for him and the team - as I hope he finds himself and his game and can at least make some sort of comeback after we buy him out that isn't weighed down by lots of expectations or an albatros of a pair of unprecedented terrible couple of years.

 

[NjDevsRR]

didn't leave out those years. Those years when he was 29 games below 500 are inlcuded.

LOL. That’s because the team sucked. His numbers were stellar, GTFO.

 

[OmNomNom]

LOL. That’s because the team sucks. His numbers were stellar, GTFO.

+1

it's pretty insane to ask for better #s

 

[haak84]

great now do hynes next

 

[CKPLAYA]

LOL. That’s because the team sucks. His numbers were stellar, GTFO.

like I said, he had some nice stat years. that's it. and he was paid $6M per for them.

 

[NjDevsRR]

like I said, he had some nice stat years. that's it. and he was paid $6M per for them.

LOL, not according to your previous post

 

[CKPLAYA]

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it's pretty insane to ask for better #s

pretty sure those stats are in line with about 15 other goalies those years.

 

[billingtons ghost]

+1
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it's pretty insane to ask for better #s

Too bad they are just numbers and don't translate.

 

[Blender]

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it's pretty insane to ask for better #s

Yea he was great until 16-17, where he was inconsistent. Since then he's been terrible.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Some of you are absolutely ridiculous and are devoid of being able to have reasonable conversations and I am sick of it. There are TONS of reasons and examples as to why Cory has not been an NHL goalie for the past few years. But you guys who are intentionally rewriting history or choosing to forget his incredible play the first three seasons here or the good start to 17-18 or how well he played in the playoffs while injured is absolutely DISGUSTING. It’s pathetic.

 

[OmNomNom]

pretty sure those stats are in line with about 15 other goalies those years.

to be clear, this discussion we're branching off to is regarding whether he was good or not. totally separate conversation than whether it's right to bash him

i think we're all on board that it was good for him to go

 

[OmNomNom]

Yea he was great until 16-17, where he was inconsistent. Since then he's been terrible.

not disagreeing there, and no one else here is

 

[captainscott]

I think head case is a little strong, but I wouldn't be surprised if he had severe depression and debilitating anxiety. The latter has already been documented at least once when he was actually good.

too bad .. but the devils had no choice.. good luck CS ... thanks for the years of service wishing nothing but best for him ... tough decision to have to make but shero and the front office made it.. they gave him every opportunity to get it back..

 

[captainscott]

long overdue. One of the last remnants of Lou's days and we all know what how those were. 1st round pick and $42M for a guys that is basically 70 games under 500 since he's been here and won 1 playoff game. Statiscially better than his on ice performace. Never known to be a big time goalie and came up small for the most part in the few big spots the team had. Was well paid and was shown more consideration than I thought he was due.

it was a well received trade at the time... it didn't work out the way anyone had hoped..

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

long overdue. One of the last remnants of Lou's days and we all know what how those were. 1st round pick and $42M for a guys that is basically 70 games under 500 since he's been here and won 1 playoff game. Statiscially better than his on ice performace. Never known to be a big time goalie and came up small for the most part in the few big spots the team had. Was well paid and was shown more consideration than I thought he was due.

he played awesome in literally his most important games as a Devil, in the playoffs.