Russo article
The article has a lot of speculation from Russo. It reads more like an opinion piece than his normal hockey reporting articles. There is a lot of fluff in it too.
This is even the opening line:
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Russo article
The article has a lot of speculation from Russo. It reads more like an opinion piece than his normal hockey reporting articles. There is a lot of fluff in it too.
This is even the opening line:
MuckOG
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My apologies in advance if this comes off as a stupid question....but when Wallstedt gets reassigned to Iowa, and the team knows it will be only for 1 day, does he need to physically report to the Iowa team in Des Moines, or do they just take him off the active roster and he can sit at home and watch the game on tv?
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He can chill unless they're planning to play him.
Remember when Vancouver's AHL affiliate was in Utica, New York?
I mean, Wallstedt needs to get some games, somewhere, doesn't he? How is he going to stay sharp?
(Stolen from the Buium thread and moved here to stay on topic)
This is one of the times that I hope you are right. But, if Spurgeon’s current setback has to do with his surgeries/etc from last season, I do not feel confident going forward.
I don't see him being recalled until they know what's going on with Spurgeon. They really need to have a pressbox d-man.
I agree that coaching is a problem. I question the choice of PKers the team uses.
It's a good thing we completely bypassed a proper search for a new coach, so we could simply hire a friend.
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Can't be unhappy with 4 points in 3 games, without Ek and Spurgeon in one of them.
But I don't understand why they re-signed a goalie who's 40 next month. Wallstedt must be frustrated, he should be on the team by now as the backup for Gus.
But I don't understand why they re-signed a goalie who's 40 next month. Wallstedt must be frustrated, he should be on the team by now as the backup for Gus.
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That re-signing does gum up the process, that's for sure.
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The coaches seem slow to react to things. That goal at the end of the first last game should never happen. It was like they had no idea why Winnipeg's goalie was leaving the ice, who the possible right-handed shot off the faceoff might be, and how to defend it. Bada bing bada boom, you give up a cheap one, and ultimately a lost point to a division rival.
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Well the re-signing, the situation we're in with the goalies now, that was their plan. This is what they wanted.
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Speculation about trading Gus aside, they still chose to come into the season trying to carry three goalies full time. They could have just as easily put Wallstedt back in Iowa and only recalled him when they were otherwise healthy and were actually planning on playing him.
For all the talk we have around here of these prospects needing to earn roster spots, and if they're not ready then they're not ready and can stay in Iowa, (guys like Rossi, Hunt as examples, and it's all valid, they should have to earn those spots) they're simply handing an NHL roster spot to the one guy it makes the least sense to hand a roster spot to.
Not saying I don't want Wallstedt here or I don't think he's capable (frankly, given his lack of experience, I don't actually know if he's capable or not), but they're bending over backwards and shooting themselves in the foot to make it happen. Why?
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MAF should show some self awareness and just retire if his play keeps getting worse. I know he's only played one game so far, but he wasn't very good pre season either.
But I don't think he will do that, he will hang in there for as long as he can while delaying Wallsteds development.
Wall needs to play, NHL or AHL
But I don't think he will do that, he will hang in there for as long as he can while delaying Wallsteds development.
Wall needs to play, NHL or AHL
That simply isn't going to happen. Like most players, he will be dragged kicking and screaming from the NHL. It's Guerin's fault for lionizing MAF, and partly the local media's for enabling him. Guerin simply can't seem to grasp that players decline as they age.
Its a lot of grey areas I believe for ELCs and two way contracts, it affects his daily pay rate where he is at and many teams have mandatory things to do even during off days that he would have to be present for to earn that paycheck. Its partly individual to the team and management though, if he doesn't report, he technically could be suspended without pay by the team, but they are also able to exempt him from that and pay him his AHL salary to sit at home, likely what they are doing much of the time in this scenario.
Interesting. I thought I remembered reading a Russo mailbag from a few years back that said the NHL made it mandatory, but that could definitely be wrong. It's too generic to search for unfortunately.
Was very confused why Boldy took that draw, he has less defensive zone draws in 200+ games than Marat has in 19 games, sample size isn't large enough to draw any conclusions on efficiency(FWIW Marat is ahead) but that's not something he's expecting to do. Gus could've pushed the puck into the corner to avoid it too, he knows Ek's not in the lineup. Guerin elected to avoid adding face-off help in the offseason so he didn't view it as a priority.
