Makes zero sense to me. Brodz is better off helping Hartford. His ahl points are meaningless. He can’t score in the NHL. Makes little sense to not give a kid like Othmann or Berard a cup of coffee here
Post-Game Talk: Knife
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It's purely a salary cap move.
Thats not saying that a set back didn't happen but with Fox coming back, it helps to keep as much of that cushion as you possibly can.
Chytil+Kakko makes up for 2/3rds ish of what they were able to run with when Fox was on it.
so far I like Laviolette's style. Don't break up the two best lines on the team. The Trocheck line and the 4th line. Let the other lines figure it out.
Hope you are right. But would have been nice to see Fil on the ice today, doing anything
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It's retroactive is it not?
I have no problem with them being overly cautious. There's no need to rush him back from head trauma ( assuming that's what it is )
RangerLifer
Formerly known as Captain Lindy
HARD PASS! We should have learned from Lundqvist. NEVER tie up that much money in a goalie. Oh, no, PLEASE NO! Give him that much ONLY if he wins us a Cup first.
romba
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3rd goal was a beauty of a tip by Trouba from 5 feet out. Trouba turned toward the slot, saw the shot coming and thought he could stick it away or something and instead tipped it perfectly in. Igor was def annoyed at him, you can see him throw his hands up at him. Pretty clear to see on the behind the net replay but of course Sam didn't notice it, though Joe usually picks up on that.
It's like no one was aware of opponent's stick placement last night, 2 sticks in the lane? Maybe if I fling it hard enough it'll find a way through? Maddening. Turnover after turnover forcing passes. I paused it every 45 seconds as a teaching moment of real basic shit. 'Son, see here we don't force a pass because a forward looks to be in the clear when there are 3 sticks in the lane'. 'Son, when we're the last man back with the puck on a 4 on 1 downlow in the O zone we make DAMN sure the pass connects and is not sent to no man's land leading to a 4 on 1 the other way'.
Despite that, we were a diving stick save of the year, stick shaft and an overturned goal from being right in this one for a point.
Actually, I don't think Trouba did anything wrong on that 3rd goal. He got out of Igor's lane, maybe not far enough from the shooting angle. Yes, the puck deflected off him. I'm curious to know that if it didn't hit Trouba, would it have missed the net.
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Bonino played through but looked hurt after one of his blocks.
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It makes sense if they don't think either is ready for this cup yet.
Oh, I missed that. (just came from the gym)
Neither Fox nor Mika make that much playing more important positions and Fox is a much better player.
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Larrybiv
We're CLEAN, we PROMISE!
Destroyed Boston, Lifeless in Buffalo. I will take that tradeoff every day of the week, and twice on Sunday.
We made our statement, I suppose Buffalo made theirs. lol.
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Fox isn't a goalie.
Ask any NHL coach or GM who the most important player on the ice is, night in, night out, regular season or playoffs, when it comes to winning a game.
The answer you'd get is the goalie.
If you don't understand that, you don't understand the game.
aufheben
#Norris4Fox
Yes, as opposed to having no one in net, a goalie is the most important player.
Machinehead
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Mika and Fox both probably took discounts.
Fox because he only wants to play here and Mika because he got the most sweeping NMC in the league.
Machinehead
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Yes, and oxygen is the most important thing to keeping you alive.
We don't pay for oxygen because it's absolutely everywhere, just like quality goaltenders.
will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
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Lavi confirmed to Vince there was no setback. He's moving in the positive direction.
romba
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It’s not 1994 anymore when the difference between a top 10 goalie and bottom 10 starter was light years
Jim Ramsay
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Lol dont understand the game
The difference been a great goalie and an average goalie is not worth 5/6+ million dollars or more a year.
If you dont understand that, you dont understand the salary cap.
For what its worth, Shesty has looked good so far this year but no where near elite. He will make a great save and the next shot against he looks like he has no idea where the rebound went
Goalies like Darcy Kuemper have won a cup, there no reason to get heavily invested in the position
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Ridiculous analogy. There are plenty of teams that wish they had better goaltending right now. Edmonton is probably on the top of the list.
Glad I gave you a chuckle Jim.
The difference between great and average is consistency. You don't want to go into the playoffs with an average goalie and hope he gets hot, hope he doesn't let in a softy at the absolute worst time.
I understand the cap. I understand that you have to manage your salaries to be competitive long term and I'm not advocating that they pay Shesty whatever he demands. But my point isn't invalidated by the fact that there's a salary cap.
Shesty hasn't been great this year, but he has made some huge saves at key points in games which has definitely contributed to our success. I am expecting him to get better as the season goes on.
Jim Ramsay
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If he gets even a bit better as the season goes on we are going to be in fantastic shape.
The next contract is a huge roll of the dice, but we will cross that bridge when we get there for sure
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