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Confirmed with Link: Leaf sign G Anthony Stolarz (2 year, $2.5M AAV)

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Tak7 said:
I wonder if we eventually see some cap provisions moving forward that allow teams to actually carry 3 goalies.

Seems more and more as though we are heading into the direction of all teams now packing 3 goalies
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It's likely. EBUG stories are fun (even if they haunt this team), but the league wants to move away from them. The easiest way to do that is to allow teams to more easily carry 3 goalies
 
Primary Assist said:
It's likely. EBUG stories are fun (even if they haunt this team), but the league wants to move away from them. The easiest way to do that is to allow teams to more easily carry 3 goalies
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To be clear, I'm talking about teams carrying 3 goalies on their roster.

Not a team dressing 3 goalies. I don't think there's any reasonable (or fair) scenario where a team be allowed to dress 3 goalies.
 
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Tak7 said:
To be clear, I'm talking about teams carrying 3 goalies on their roster.

Not a team dressing 3 goalies. I don't think there's any reasonable (or fair) scenario where a team be allowed to dress 3 goalies.
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Sorry to intervene... but why would they need special provisions to carry three goalies.

All they need is the cap space and a roster spot. A third string goalie is only a league minimum salary. There's no reason teams can't squeeze a third goalie onto the roster now if they wanted.

They opt not too because they are used so infrequently, and are literally replacement level players, so prefer to keep those roster spots for forwards and defensemen who will likely see more game time and have a bigger impact.
 
Let's assume Stolarz continues to play well.
Even against tough teams.

When was the last time a top 15 goalie was signed for this money ?

This will be one of the bigger goalie scores of recent times.

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Something something Zeke something something regression to the mean.
It probably will happen.
 
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Tak7 said:
To be clear, I'm talking about teams carrying 3 goalies on their roster.

Not a team dressing 3 goalies. I don't think there's any reasonable (or fair) scenario where a team be allowed to dress 3 goalies.
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Yep, agreed. This is just for last minute lineup changes, like if a goalie gets sick on game day or injured in warmup (if they would allow the late of a change to the lineup).

The third stringer could still travel with the team easily and be ready just before puck drop to suit up, which would eliminate almost all cases of needing an EBUG. This would give a job to the Matt Murrays of the world who probably shouldn't even be a backup, but who have nothing to gain in the minors
 
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Absolutely loving his game, but I have severe Jack Campbell PTSD so I will not get my hopes up too high

Soup was also a career backup who excelled in that role, did well to start his time in Toronto (in 21-22 he had a .939 save% through 24 games) and then fell apart in the 2nd half of the season as he accumulated more starts

We will need to manage Stolarz. He's more technically proficient than Soup so that's a positive sign, however the workload is a major question mark and we will need to see how Stolarz can deal with it
 
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Punch Drunk Loov said:
Haven't loved his puckhandling but that's nit picking. What a signing so far
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Florida fans seemed to state that as a positive for him, so maybe it's just janky looking but it still works? I thought the same thing but in his defense it hasn't led to anything bad yet :dunno:

Rebounds could be a bit cleaner as well, but given his AAV and contract I'm not gonna hold it against him lol.
 
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The guy is super talented and seems to have a cool, calm and collected demeanor that will help him excell in this market. Time will tell but we all (I'm sure) are pulling for him. Now it's just wait and see.
 
leafsfan5 said:
Absolutely loving his game, but I have severe Jack Campbell PTSD so I will not get my hopes up too high

Soup was also a career backup who excelled in that role, did well to start his time in Toronto (in 21-22 he had a .939 save% through 24 games) and then fell apart in the 2nd half of the season as he accumulated more starts

We will need to manage Stolarz. He's more technically proficient than Soup so that's a positive sign, however the workload is a major question mark and we will need to see how Stolarz can deal with it
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Campbell came with a reputation of being inconsistent mentally. He's been pretty consistent every place he has been.

I agree that we need to manage him though. He has never been a starter, and even if he is ready he needs the support to handle it the best way he can. If Woll comes back, I would honestly give Woll a game, Stolarz a game, and then Woll 2 games and let them start battling like we intended from there.

If he is still the clear best, he should play.
 
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keonsbitterness said:
He re-signed him, which most GMs would have done; and let him become a FA, which arguably fewer GMs would have done.
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So he re-signed him because he is good at evaluating goalies and knew he'd be bad?

Can you explain this logic to me?
 
keonsbitterness said:
You know why he re-signed him. If you want to play dumb, do it with another troll.
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Why did he re-sign him?

Follow the thread please if you are going to quote me.

Don't quote me and then complain when I point out how illogical your post was.

"imagine that, a GM who knows what a goalie looks like." was the original quote.

Did he not know what a goalie looked like the year prior when signing Samsanov?

Stolarz was a UFA last year even...
 
notbias said:
Why did he re-sign him?

Follow the thread please if you are going to quote me.

Don't quote me and then complain when I point out how illogical your post was.

"imagine that, a GM who knows what a goalie looks like." was the original quote.

Did he not know what a goalie looked like the year prior when signing Samsanov?

Stolarz was a UFA last year even...
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So you're not playing. Good to know.
 
keonsbitterness said:
So you're not playing. Good to know.
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"arbitration" was that what you were going to say?

Arbitration happens when a QO is offered...

He chose to sign Samsanov, I am still waiting for you to tell me how that is not the case instead of avoiding the question.
 
Like any number of examples, Stolarz represents a positive signing by Treliving based on these criteria:

He was available.
He agreed to sign here.

Nothing in Treliving's tenure points to an apathetic GM. Early days, but the returns are great.
 
notbias said:
"arbitration" was that what you were going to say?

Arbitration happens when a QO is offered...

He chose to sign Samsanov, I am still waiting for you to tell me how that is not the case instead of avoiding the question.
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He signed Samsonov to a one year contract in arbitration coming off a season he put up a .919 save percentage. You would have been first in line shitting all over him if he decided to non tender him after that season :laugh: luckily he didn't decide to commit to him beyond a year.
 
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Punch Drunk Loov said:
Haven't loved his puckhandling but that's nit picking. What a signing so far
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My only comment, and it's mostly humorous. Every time he goes to handle the puck I groan and cover my eyes, but he hasn't actually been burned yet, and if he wants to be Belfour 2.0, I'm in.

He's been terrific in three games so far, goalies are voodoo, I hope he stays terrific.
 
TheBeastCoast said:
He signed Samsonov to a one year contract in arbitration coming off a season he put up a .919 save percentage. You would have been first in line shitting all over him if he decided to non tender him after that season :laugh: luckily he didn't decide to commit to him beyond a year.
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Firstly, go read the thread if you want to reply, this has to do with someone claiming Treliving knows how to pick goalies, he is 1 for 2 currently.

I also said at the time and will continue to say that Samsanov being qualified was the right choice, but that doesn't change the fact he is 1 for 2 with goalies.

Let me know if you need this to be explained to you further but I don't know how much more I can dumb this down.
 
notbias said:
Firstly, go read the thread if you want to reply, this has to do with someone claiming Treliving knows how to pick goalies, he is 1 for 2 currently.

I also said at the time and will continue to say that Samsanov being qualified was the right choice, but that doesn't change the fact he is 1 for 2 with goalies.

Let me know if you need this to be explained to you further but I don't know how much more I can dumb this down.
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Go ahead.
 
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