McBackup got injured eating brekky? BS, they just want to give the Pick some love.
Pickard's actually been slumping (.889sv% in his last 5), while Sparks just came back from injury I think.
That should have been Sparks. He's been dominant there and deserved the call up.
Pickard has historically been a better NHL goalie than Sparks too.
Could be a couple reasons it's not.That should have been Sparks. He's been dominant there and deserved the call up.
Could be a couple reasons it's not.
Less disruptive to the Marlies
Less disruption of his development if the call up does not play
Packard has a better NHL record
Really? The sample size for Sparks' NHL career are close to impossible to quantify while playing for the worst team in the NHL at time from top to bottom. Sparks has been better than Pickard at the AHL level where the sample size, some of it being on the same team, is much greater.
I like Pickard and actually was hoping to acquire him in the off-season before re-signing McBackup and Sparks.... but Sparks has been dominant in the AHL for a while.
Pickard has historically been a better NHL goalie than Sparks too.
majority of Pickards NHL stats were on a historically bad avalanche team, also the worst team in the league. Also that leafs team was pretty good defensively it was offense that ensured we were 30th overall
edit: the avalance won 22 games that season, Pickard won 15 of them
Both goaltenders were behind some bad teams. Like I said, Pickard had some interesting upside but right now, Sparks has been much better than him and anyone else in the AHL for that matter.
Not that big of a deal but Sparks deserved it a lot more to me, especially for how tough he's been treated since his last NHL stint.
They haven't given him another chance because he wasn't very good.I wasn't aware of this tough treatment? what did they do to him?
They haven't given him another chance because he wasn't very good.
They haven't given him another chance because he wasn't very good.
Sparks will have a solid AHL-career.oh poor sparks, how dare they. He really wasn't good enough at all, I get the team was bad but he didn't show much at all to say if this team was better he is a goalie we can trust. I don't get it, its not like Pickard is miles better though so in the end it doesn't really matter and looks like the leafs picked the guy with the better NHL resume
TJ Brennan has been incredible in the AHL.The team gave up the most shots in NHL history that season and the team was completely gutted. It's amazing he didn't up with a GAA of 4 and a save percentage below .890%.
It's amazing to me how people can completely give up on a player after 17 games when he's been one of the best AHL goaltenders since he's been there.
I wasn't aware of this tough treatment? what did they do to him?