Claimed off Waivers: Mike Condon (claimed by Pitt)
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THall4
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I woulda taken Condon as Talbot's backup over Gus...some cap relief too...but Gus is 750k so whatever.
De Montreal
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He's decent. Better than Tokarski for sure and Tokarski was actually traded for, so I'm a bit confused about this.
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Tokarski was traded during the season. Everybody knew Montreal wasn't going to carry both Montoya and Condon on their opening night roster, so if a team wanted Condon all they had to do was wait until Montreal was forced to waive him and put in a claim.
You're gonna love the monster man.
If he stays healthy, he's a borderline starter. He makes some ridiculously athletic saves.
uncleben
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For those interested, this would have cost Pittsburgh $75,000, not counted against the cap, paid to Montreal.
Isn't waiver priority based on last year's standing until Nov 1st ?
And isn't that different from draft ranking, where the Pens were 30th ?
I don't expect St. Louis, Dallas or Washington to have made a claim, but the Pens had waiver priority over them.
PS: Just saw that Pens 1566 raised the same point.
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Maurice of Orange
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Good luck Mike.
As a Habs fan, I liked him as a puck-stopper; his rebound control and puck handling are below par, but he can be an effective backup, as long as opposing teams don't get to break down his game and take advantage of his various flaws.
As a Habs fan, I liked him as a puck-stopper; his rebound control and puck handling are below par, but he can be an effective backup, as long as opposing teams don't get to break down his game and take advantage of his various flaws.
clefty
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Casey DeSmith. He originally would have had to earn it in competition with Sean Maguire, but Maguire picked up some long term mystery injury before camp.
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Likely a short term thing, but he's a decent and free asset. More so, except for preventing Jarry from having a few outings, there's no possible harm in it. Fine, fine.
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It's nothing personal, but he is just not a NHL goalie at this point. It's not a question of being harsh, it's all there in the statistics.
Maurice of Orange
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When Martin Murray returns from injury, the Pens will probably end up waiving Condon to the AHL.
Wilkes-Barre Scranton Pens could have a tandem of Jarry and Condon, and assign Casey DeSmith to Wheeling ECHL and Sean Maguire to Wheeling ECHL,when Maguire returns from injury,
Wilkes-Barre Scranton Pens could have a tandem of Jarry and Condon, and assign Casey DeSmith to Wheeling ECHL and Sean Maguire to Wheeling ECHL,when Maguire returns from injury,
Big McLargehuge
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What expectations? He's expected to be a warm body on the bench, starting maybe 1 or 2 games until Murray comes back...at which point he'll be tossed aside.
Jarry deserved a look, but I agree with management in that starting in WBS is more important than riding the bench in Pittsburgh for a 21 year-old...same basic reason Murray would start when Fleury was hurt last year, but Zatkoff was the perpetual back-up until the playoffs. Plus there was a goaltending pinch in WBS with not just Murray out potentially causing a trickle-down effect, but Maguire as well.
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I think that ended a couple years ago, but not positive on that.
As for the pickup, I'm ok with it. Give Jarry the starts in WBS, and having another goalie option with NHL experience is always a good thing. If we lose him when MM comes back, oh well, no big deal.
Big McLargehuge
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I just saw an infographic that was indeed wrong...Montreal ditched Wheeling for Brampton before last season, so the Pens did need another organizational goalie. Wheeling being partnered with anyone but Pittsburgh just felt wrong, even if Montreal was really only sending goalies there.
At least Condon is better than Irving, if he clears waivers once Murray returns.
