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Sell sell sell
- May 23, 2008
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Next flight to Siberia please. Good riddance
Confirmed with Link: Jonathan Quick signed, 1y 825k + bonuses
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LeetchisGod
This is a bad hockey team.
Brutal move by Drury. It was pretty obvious this guy was washed up.
The silver lining may be that Shesty won't play virtually every other game like he did with Gallant.
Synergy27
F-A-C-G-C-E
Feel bad for this guy because he wanted to play for his hometown team and he’s going to get booed into retirement. Dude is finito.
will1066
Fonz Drury
- Oct 12, 2008
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Connecticut guys
On the other hand, he roadblocked our Cup in 2014. So no, don't feel bad
I Eat Crow
Fear The Mullet
- Jul 9, 2007
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Should change his name to Jonathan Cooked.
Get Halak's agent on the line please and say this to Jaro:
Get Halak's agent on the line please and say this to Jaro:
bleedblue94
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- Jun 8, 2004
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On the plus side it seems like we might not need to allocate money for the bonuses in quick's contract
Rongomania
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This is worse than when some of you maniacs wanted Alec Martinez. F*ck that whole LA team. I hate that entire roster we lost to.
Barnaby
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Row I Goon
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- Nov 14, 2018
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Yeeesh
when the Quick and the Dead is the same guy….
when the Quick and the Dead is the same guy….
- Jul 28, 2011
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Nobody wants to go out when they're still productive. (Goalies especially) They will play and until career numbers take a hit and they're basically forced out of the league.
Had Quick had a solid year last season I could understand going in this direction for a 1 year deal, but he didn't, and it should have been retirement already.
is there a known reason why we didn't offer Halak a contract? Or is he planning to retire or something?
On the surface, signing Quick and letting Halak walk is about the dumbest move you could possibly make with the season he had last year. But I imagine (and pray) there's more to it than that because surely no NHL GM could be that incompetent right..
On the surface, signing Quick and letting Halak walk is about the dumbest move you could possibly make with the season he had last year. But I imagine (and pray) there's more to it than that because surely no NHL GM could be that incompetent right..
Let's not forget that Halak was garbage to start the season and then struggled at the close. It was basically a couple turds sandwiched around a 10-game stretch of good play.
This has nothing to do with Quick, BTW. Just a reminder that a 38-year-old Halak isn't necessarily going to be any better, given that he really wasn't particularly good last year.
This has nothing to do with Quick, BTW. Just a reminder that a 38-year-old Halak isn't necessarily going to be any better, given that he really wasn't particularly good last year.
Kocur Dill
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- Feb 7, 2010
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Agree with this, and so did goalie expert Kevin Woodley when he was on NHL Network radio this summer. He cited Quick’s bad metrics and also gave a lot of technical reasons for those bad metrics that I don’t remember.
He also thought Halak was a better (albeit not perfect) option than Quick. He did not expect much out of Quick going forward.
Perhaps Drury is painted into a cap corner where watching every penny leads to decisions like this.
Kodiak
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It’s only preseason and he can still turn it around, but everything was pointing toward Quick being cooked prior to the signing. There had to be better bargain backups available. So one of a few things could have happened. It could be that our pro scouting was trash and didn’t pick up on what everyone else seemed to know. It could be that pro scouting knew he was done but Drury thought he knew better. It could be that they thought Allaire could resurrect his career.
Hunter Gathers
The Crown
Man, it's really cool to see Quick playing well for the team he rooted for growing up. What a way for him to go out if he can keep playing like this.
McRanger92
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- Jun 7, 2017
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Hometown kid knows he owes a Cup
his statistics (although small in sample size) are miles above what they were last season in LA. hopefully a reduced load can keep him fresh and above a .900 SP for the year.
NYR Viper
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He's helped, and in some cases was a direct reason why, the team secure 9 points in his 5 starts. That's impeccable.
In general, if a backup goalie can get you 20 games and 20 points, I'm pretty happy. Yes I realize that's a low bar but that's my expectations. That would mean your starter is playing 62 games and hopefully getting you 80 points in those games for a team securing 100 points.
to put it in perspective, Halak started 24 games last year and helped the team with 25 points and he was a pretty resounding success as a backup.
In saying that, Quick has 9 already so even if he cools off, 20-25 points is well within reason for him which should be considered a very good signing by Drury.
In general, if a backup goalie can get you 20 games and 20 points, I'm pretty happy. Yes I realize that's a low bar but that's my expectations. That would mean your starter is playing 62 games and hopefully getting you 80 points in those games for a team securing 100 points.
to put it in perspective, Halak started 24 games last year and helped the team with 25 points and he was a pretty resounding success as a backup.
In saying that, Quick has 9 already so even if he cools off, 20-25 points is well within reason for him which should be considered a very good signing by Drury.
Jaromir Jagr
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The comments in this thread during pre-season are kinda wild looking back haha. I was totally in camp washed as well but he's been stellar.
Also met him before a pre-season game and he was the nicest of any of the players. Signed for everyone, was making convo and someone even joked about 2014 and he apologized for it haha.
Also met him before a pre-season game and he was the nicest of any of the players. Signed for everyone, was making convo and someone even joked about 2014 and he apologized for it haha.
JCProdigy
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It's why I chuckle at everybody with their strong opinions. None of us know shit
