Waived: Husso on waivers

[SoupNazi]

This Finn goalie should go to Calgary.

Why?

 

[Finnen]

Why?

For it is so.

 

[SoupNazi]

For it is so.

That doesn't answer my question. Or tell me anything, really.

 

[Finnen]

That doesn't answer my question. Or tell me anything, really.

My pleasure placed Husso in Calgary.

 

[Oddbob]

My pleasure placed Husso in Calgary.

Cool, now do Holl, Copp and Petry.

 

[Geezer WC]

This Finn goalie should go to Calgary.

He's not Kiprusoff.

 

[dalem177]

 

[Finnen]

He's not Kiprusoff.

Not even close Kiprusoff.

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

I really need to make it to Finland some day...

 

[Gniwder]

My pleasure placed Husso in Calgary.

You should stop pleasuring yourself, it's already made you blind.

 

[Cape]

Terrible managemet by Yzerman. You give the guy one start and send him down after one poor play. Husso for sure didn’t do himself any favours there. Being a goalie is about confidence. How on earth do you build your confidence from there. The way he was treated after the season opener is laughable.

 

[14ari13]

Terrible managemet by Yzerman. You give the guy one start and send him down after one poor play. Husso for sure didn’t do himself any favours there. Being a goalie is about confidence. How on earth do you build your confidence from there. The way he was treated after the season opener is laughable.

True, but he did not play very well 2nd part of last season either.

Confidence is the key, therefore Yzerman chooses to go with 3 goalies which provide solid goaltending

 

[SoupNazi]

Terrible managemet by Yzerman. You give the guy one start and send him down after one poor play. Husso for sure didn’t do himself any favours there. Being a goalie is about confidence. How on earth do you build your confidence from there. The way he was treated after the season opener is laughable.

It isn’t just one poor game, but it’s a track record of suckage.

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

Terrible managemet by Yzerman. You give the guy one start and send him down after one poor play. Husso for sure didn’t do himself any favours there. Being a goalie is about confidence. How on earth do you build your confidence from there. The way he was treated after the season opener is laughable.

Husso has not been good for over a year.

These guys are professionals and aren’t going to be given perfect shots or limitless shots.

Husso has been not great due to injury and infrequent use… but the Wings aren’t trying to rebuild Ville Husso’s confidence at the expense of everything else. He’s not that good even when he’s right to continue throwing him out there. Particularly when you have Talbot and Lyon who are playing reasonably well

 

[nhlisawesome]

So we gave an AHL level goalie a 3 year deal worth nearly $5 million per season. Another brilliant Steve Yzerman move

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

So we gave an AHL level goalie a 3 year deal worth nearly $5 million per season. Another brilliant Steve Yzerman move

Dude, guys get hurt and they lose it. Husso was very good and then he got hurt and couldn't get it back. It happens with goalies. Goalies are quite literally a crap shoot.

When we signed him, he was not an AHL level goalie. This is why teams dread paying goalies when it comes time. They're super important but they're also f***in unpredictable as hell.

Best analogy I can think is goalies are like a fantasy football QB. You either get Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, or Joe Burrow in the first round because you know they were going off for huge yards and TDs or you choose literally everything else and draft Brock Purdy or Sam Darnold in the last round.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

So we gave an AHL level goalie a 3 year deal worth nearly $5 million per season. Another brilliant Steve Yzerman move

Why do people act like it's our money? Other than something to bitch about, has the husso deal really crippled the team?

It got a season of ok goaltending, then all the injury time was LTIR.

Goaltending was clearly another area where Yzerman was hedging his bets with multiple options on short-term deals while Cossa hopefully develops into a franchise goalie.

He got Alex Lyon on a $900k deal for 2 years and Cam Talbot, who's been playing really well, for two years at $2.5 million. Do those not count for anything?

So sure the Husso contract didn't work out but Yzerman covered the situation with Talbot and Lyon.

 

[Oddbob]

Terrible managemet by Yzerman. You give the guy one start and send him down after one poor play. Husso for sure didn’t do himself any favours there. Being a goalie is about confidence. How on earth do you build your confidence from there. The way he was treated after the season opener is laughable.

He stunk last season as well. His leash was immensely short.