Confirmed with Link: Leafs acquire Pickard

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[TheDoldrums]

Nice. I'd rather roll the dice with him if Freddie ever went down.

 

[Budsfan]

 

[ACC1224]

Interesting....so they let Vegas waive him for the Leafs?

 

[Canada4Gold]

Wow, so we were waiting for him to clear, interesting. I would have just waived McBackup but I didn't care for Lindberg, and a 6th is meh, at least we can have him as depth now. I like it

 

[Walshy7]

sent straight to the marlies. didnt come in to take mcbackups spot. Nice though lindberg wasnt really a core prospect and 6th

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

Interesting. I’m guessing he cleared and Leafs get him on the Marlies to start. Not too shabby.

 

[MapleLeafs9]

Interesting....so they let Vegas waive him for the Leafs?

Can send him straight to Marlies if they trade for him. If they claimed him on waivers he would've had to stay on the NHL team.

 

[Nithoniniel]

They did what I thought we were doing with Marincin. Got a player through waivers so that another team could acquire him and not have to put him on their NHL team.

 

[Walshy7]

Wow, so we were waiting for him to clear, interesting. I would have just waived McBackup but I didn't care for Lindberg, and a 6th is meh, at least we can have him as depth now. I like it

a 6th round pick got the player in your avatar, Connor Brown. But in the grand scheme im pretty sure we have 2 2nds this year but we lose our 3rd to NJD

 

[Budsfan]

 

[stickty111]

Thats fine by me. Getting Pickard is a good move, and adds depth in a position that we were lacking in. He still has upside as well.

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

Wow, so we were waiting for him to clear, interesting. I would have just waived McBackup but I didn't care for Lindberg, and a 6th is meh, at least we can have him as depth now. I like it

Young depth. Leafs need young competition in net. Something I feel has been overlooked with all the forward hype

 

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

Nice pickup, can fill in for an injury during the season. Otherwise a strong 'tender for the Marlies

 

[garce]

Good, depth is desirable at all positions. If Freddie goes down another option.

 

[IceColdBear]

a 6th round pick got the player in your avatar, Connor Brown. But in the grand scheme im pretty sure we have 2 2nds this year but we lose our 3rd to NJD

We also have SJ's 3rd round pick from the Reimer trade.

This is a great pickup - he's better than McBackup right now and we gave up essentially nothing for him. I would feel relatively comforotable now if Andersen got injured for an extended period of time.

He's only 25, and had very good numbers in 14/15 and 15/16 - I wouldn't put much stock in his numbers from last year on that trainwreck Avs team (and they weren't bad for a backup regardless).

This also potentially frees up a spot for a guy like Bracco on the Marlies.

 

[Ropesman]

Love it, gives us a quality option in the minors. Pretty substantial upgrade over sparks IMO

 

[SprDaVE]

Makes far too much sense.

Now they can stash Pickard with the Marlies for the time being and bring him up at some point in the season if Andersen gets injured or if McBackup isn't really up to par.

I would say this is the end of Sparks in the near future though, which is unfortunate because I still think he's a solid third stringer.

 

[Savvy]

Not a fan of Pickard but at that price you certainly can’t go wrong. Interested to see what happens with Kask and Sparks now because one is going to to bears.

 

[rumman]

wonder if any salary was retained on Pickard?

 

[ACC1224]

Can send him straight to Marlies if they trade for him. If they claimed him on waivers he would've had to stay on the NHL team.

Correct. I guess we see how much they valued Lindberg.

 

[DanM]

Very Happy with this move. Will feel better going forward with him as a potential backup. Plus we still have Woll cooking. All in all a successful move in my opinion.

 

[Walshy7]

We also have SJ's 3rd round pick from the Reimer trade.

This is a great pickup - he's better than McBackup right now and we gave up essentially nothing for him. I would feel relatively comforotable now if Andersen got injured for an extended period of time.

dont get me wrong i have no problem with the move. McBackup is still witht he leafs Pickard is going to the marlies though youd think if he was this clear upgrade on mcbackup they would of waived him and taken Pickard straight to the leafs

 

[Ropesman]

Now that he cleared waivers he doesn't require waivers for how long?

 

[Cor]

Tobias Lindberg is a solid player. Just no chance with us.

He should possibly get NHL time at some point with Vegas though.

That said... Andersen, McBackup, Pickard, Sparks. Our goalie depth isn't really an issue anymore