What I meant by the Carolina comment, was they got lucky the goaltending was strong for them this year when they needed it. Of course their play on the ice was dominant, one of the best teams I’ve seen in years. But you still need goaltending and a waiver claim won them the cup. That’s a bit of luck going with a great team.
Carolina was about to sign him last summer and then they received a ton of fan push back and people were threatening to cancel season tickets when it leaked so they didn't go through with it. Interesting that the two teams that were willing to take these guys on played each other in the finals.
I'm not advocating to sign Bob, but I think there needs to be some break pumping on having the likes of a AA/Hildeby combo. You can see warts in AA game still that he needs to work on. There's way to much movement in the net and was exposed abit in the AHL cause of that.
I think adding a player like werenski with the 14th overall is worth the risk. Worse case he doesnt agree to an extension with us we do a sign and trade to recoup young players and 1st rounders. In this scenario its likely Matthews leaves as well.
Love AA, but he needs 1 more season in the AHL IMO. He has great athleticism, tracks the puck very well, but he over commits way too much. He would get destroyed in the NHL, right now. Reminds me a bit of Hildeby from a couple of years ago. Hildeby took a couple more years in the A to iron out the kinks in his game and looked like an NHL goalie last year.
That summary was a little misleading in terms of it saying the Leafs could go either way on Knies.
the only thing I got when it comes to Bob, is that maybe we trade Hildeby for another upgrade if he has any value?
I could see it happening. The leafs won't go into the season with Stolarz and hildeby as their goalies. I expect the latter to be traded, and the former to be the backup.
We'd potentially be giving up Knies to get a player that's gonna ask to be traded in a year along with possibly Matthews.
