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Poolman trade incoming?
Poolman trade incoming?
Poolman trade incoming?
there's not that much difference between putting poolman on ltir and trading him if you are signing lankinen to a 2m/yr deal. you could get maybe 4-5m in deadline cap space if you traded poolman but you can probably do one of those fancy double retention deadline deals for less draft picks than it'll cost to move poolman
I'm at a point where I'm not trusting Demko when he comes back.Gonna be good for 5 games then on the shelf again.Yes, I think if Demko is out to start the season, and you like Lankinen ... you just say screw it and use Poolman's LTIR. That alone should give you enough space.
Poor Silovs if they can do it, but he IS waiver eligible.
I don’t know what these words mean in this order.Lankinen clears Silovs
Is that a Pokémon?
Honestly it’s different depending on how you interpret “clear”.I don’t know what these words mean in this order.
I did mean it that way, I'm a Silovs doubter(but still a supporter)Honestly it’s different depending on how you interpret “clear”.
Hughes clears Pettersson (Pettersson better)
Hughes clears Pettersson (Hughes better)
I usually interpret it the 2nd way. I don’t think Nucker101 meant it that way tho
Or did he
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I'm never sold on goaltenders until we have bigger sample size at the NHL level.I did mean it that way, I'm a Silovs doubter(but still a supporter)
Not saying that goaltending doesn't matter at all....but more than few NHL teams have gone a long way with ordinary goaltending. Edmonton went to the Cup Final with Skinner last season, whom I rate as only slightly about 'average'. And Vegas won a Cup with Aiden Hill and Logan Thompson. They're decent goaltenders, but hardly Vezina candidates. And of course the Leafs win a lot of games--at least in the regular season--with a rotating cast of guys in the crease.I'm never sold on goaltenders until we have bigger sample size at the NHL level.
A lot of fans were high on Alex Auld back in 2003. Guy eventually showed he flat out sucked with a bigger workload.
I'm never sold on goaltenders until we have bigger sample size at the NHL level.
A lot of fans were high on Alex Auld back in 2003. Guy eventually showed he flat out sucked with a bigger workload.
its the only way. get rid of his contract. stupid benning./
Poolman trade incoming?
He's been a .907 and .909 goaltender in Abby. That doesn't scream "NHL starter".I'm not sure what 'flaws' you're referring to. By the time you get to the conference semi-finals, the only teams left standing are the best eight teams in the NHL. And when you're playing a seven-game series against one of the top teams in the NHL night after night, the goalie under supreme duress.
And in the Canucks case, you're relying on your young goalie to shut down McDavid and Draisaitl, and a lethal PP. Silovs was hardly the reason the Canucks bowed out to the Oilers. Losing Boeser for gave #7 and Pettersson's relative ineffectiveness were far bigger factors.
When the regular season starts, and the Canucks are playing the likes of the Ducks, Sharks, Flames and the Kings, the Canucks should be just fine with Silovs between the pipes. If they could win with DeSmith last year; they can win with Silovs this year.
I don't think we'll ever see a goalie get that many starts again. The demands of the position are too much. Unbelievable that Lou was able to do that.I've been pondering this for a few years now...since you very rarely see goalies getting 60 starts, and 70 never happens anymore. When I began, there was like 5-10 guys each year getting 65+ games. For that reason, I really think Luongo's 06-07 campaign will be forever underrated. 76 starts with a 92+ SV% is ethereal.
O'Connor is a guy I'd circle. There are stretches he looked really good last season. 23 xG. Bang in some greasy goals.O'Connor is particularly intriguing. 6'3, 200lbs college UFA from when Allvin was the Penguins' director of Amateur Scouting and Rutherford was GM. 33 points (16g 17a) in 79 games last season. Not particularly physical (48 hits last season) but was second on the team in PK TOI. 26 years old and slated to become a UFA at the end of this season.
Yeah, just sign Lankinen and hope Demmer is back soon.Management does not want to handicap the team like the Devils did or the Oilers, with Campbell to start the season. Even if they are fully confident that Silovs could be a starter for most of the season, they probably aren't confident that Patera can spell him enough. I suspect they'd much rather have someone like Lankinen rotate with Silovs.