GoldiFox
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Last shipment of Hawks was a bit lite. At least TVR looks like a decent 3rd pairing D.
Don't quite understand what age has to do with it. Tim Thomas wasn't **** until he was 32 years old so saying he can't figure it out because he's 29 doesn't make much sense to me
Someone whack him in practice tomorrow, problem solved. I imagine there will be plenty of willing volunteers.I thought conditioning had to have a missed game due to injury. I don't think the NHLPA would agree with it here, but I could be wrong as I don't know conditioning stint rules, just seems..odd.
His NHL career isn't over. Ward had a .897 in 60 starts his first year as a starter.
He's a dumpster fire right now but to say his NHL career is over is ridiculous.
and a goaltender with a .900 in the AHL isn't the answer
I agree saying his career is over is an overstatement. But he simply can't play again this year if we really want to win a hockey game. This is a big pickle for RF/BP. How they deal with this will go a long way toward determining how they are viewed by Dundon. I'm interested to see what they do.
I don't expect a column from Luke tonight (for tomorrow) since he didn't attend the game. Being on the road also probably contributed to Darling starting tonight. I'm sure the entire organization had to answer exactly *zero* tough questions regarding their goaler after the game.
We need to face that we're screwed, and we're just going to have to deal with Darling, at least once per back-to-back the rest of the way.
that first goal in the third was especially killer because we had about 9 minutes straight of offensive zone time and were putting a lot of strong chances on new jersey, then they get one semi-decent chance and he gives up a weak 2 on 1 goal. then they score again right away and all the momentum we came out with was toast at that point. seemed like it would be just a matter of time until we scored in the third the way we played the first 9 minutes.
Continuing to play Scott Darling at this point is sunk cost fallacy at its worst.
Waiving him has little risk, because (a) it's highly unlikely that someone picks him up at that salary, (b) even if they do, it's unlikely that he becomes a great starting goalie anywhere else playing like that and we escape a bad contract, (c) he clearly can't improve mentally under NHL pressure right now, (d) a decent .900 AHL goalie gives us as much of a chance to win without the baggage, (e) there's a chance of salvaging his game in Charlotte so he regains some value next year, either playing or trading, (f) buyout is still the worst case and it's still available should we need it.
I see literally no downside to waiving him today, when his value is at its lowest.
I'm just showing up after having watched the game on PVR, haven't read this thread so don't know how feelings are.
Scott Darling you just single handedly lost this game. Absolutely inexcusable, how the **** does a weak wide angle shot end up in the 2nd goal. **** off, I don't care about your earlier Twitter exchange this year, you aren't an NHL goalie. **** you and your sister too. And thank god for mini fridge of beer. Hey at least she finally responded to me saying you suck so that's kinda cool. Almost makes up for the soon to be lost season
The only real risk is that someone else claims him off waivers and he magically becomes a #1 goalie for them. I think that's an acceptable risk at this point.
Don't quite understand what age has to do with it. Tim Thomas wasn't **** until he was 32 years old so saying he can't figure it out because he's 29 doesn't make much sense to me