Waived: Nedeljkovic (clears, reassigned to GR)

[ricky0034]

I think i'd rather have him than Hellberg but ultimately I can't see either of them being on the team next year anyways(well maybe at the AHL level if one of them really wants to stick around and can't find an NHL gig but I can't see Yzerman not picking up some other Goalie in the offseason for the NHL)

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I will be surprised if he isn't picked up.

Too many capped out teams. It’s possible one of the 4 worst teams takes a flyer on him. He’ll help their tank.

 

[StargateSG1]

Too many capped out teams. It’s possible one of the 4 worst teams takes a flyer on him. He’ll help their tank.

You can pick him up for almost nothing now, and see what you got for the rest of the season.
There were literal "goalie wars" in the summer, with Kenny "winning" it for 5 mil for 5 years.. LOL

 

[GreatGordie9]

Maybe Chicago will waive Mrazek and pick up Ned.

 

[Holden Caufield]

So Ned just isn't worth shit then.

We are about to find out… if he clears then you have your answer.

I personally like Ned, But clearly he is not in Wings future plans past this season.

As for ‘value’, you could argue he never had any.
He cleared waivers the same season the Wings traded for him. They could have just as easily had him for free back in 2021.

 

[Ulysses31]

think it was a shrewd gamble that didnt quite work out. looked like a good deal for at least the 1st half of last season and then was basically mentally broken from playing in front of a bad team. This year he never found his game.

Ned had a good start to his career and seems like a talented goalie who could perform with a half decent team in front of him who doesnt have the mental toughness as hellberg or husso

 

[Oddbob]

I still don't see Hellberg as any better. At least Ned had a hot streak when he started with us, Hellberg just seems like an .895 sv% goalie to me.

 

[Pavels Dog]

I still don't see Hellberg as any better. At least Ned had a hot streak when he started with us, Hellberg just seems like an .895 sv% goalie to me.

As a backup it's better to have a reliable .895 than a guy with a bit more upside and a lower floor.

 

[lilidk]

Save to say a couple of players are not in our future

My guess including Zadina , what is going on?

 

[lilidk]

What's going on Mr Yzerman?
My guess is why pay 3mil for backup if you could have one for under 1 . Does he trying save money to sign something big and have big playoffs push , just like Blue Jackets did couple years ago

 

[Oddbob]

As a backup it's better to have a reliable .895 than a guy with a bit more upside and a lower floor.

Maybe, but it still isn't good. I still think Ned would have finished the season with quite a bit better stats had he got more than 9 appearances.

 

[brett89]

i think he should be our starter so we can full tank

 

[PelagicJoe]

I like Ned, but The Captain found a better and cheaper version in Hellberg.

 

[DonkeyOT]

Is Yzerman hoping for claims to free up some money for a reason?

 

[norrisnick]

Is Yzerman hoping for claims to free up some money for a reason?

I think he just wants to be able to keep Ned in the AHL to stabilize the goaltending down there. It's been an absolute shit show all year, apart from Hellberg's conditioning stint and now Ned.

 

[Lil Sebastian Cossa]

Is Yzerman hoping for claims to free up some money for a reason?

No. He’s assuming he won’t be claimed

 

[Preposterone]

He’ll clear. Too much cap and too many shitshow games over the last calendar year

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Maybe, but it still isn't good. I still think Ned would have finished the season with quite a bit better stats had he got more than 9 appearances.

He didn’t earn more than 9 starts. Hell, 9 is probably 5 too many for Ned this year. He was awful.

 

[lilidk]

I think he just wants to be able to keep Ned in the AHL to stabilize the goaltending down there. It's been an absolute shit show all year, apart from Hellberg's conditioning stint and now Ned.

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It's very risky idea, so I don't think so

 

[norrisnick]

It's very risky idea, so I don't think so

How is it risky? He either gets a steady goaltender in the AHL or he loses a pending UFA that has among the worst stats of any goalie in the NHL this year.

 

[Killerjas]

I think he just wants to be able to keep Ned in the AHL to stabilize the goaltending down there. It's been an absolute shit show all year, apart from Hellberg's conditioning stint and now Ned.

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This proofs that we have no good goalies in the AHL right now, and Ijzerman knows this by letting Ned play games in Grand Rapids. Prospects we have are far away (Gylander and Cossa) and the goalie prospects we had did not pan out (Eliasson, Larsson, 90% sure Bednar, Brattstrom, Petruzzelli, van Pottelberghe, Perry).

Bad goalie scouting? Bad AHL coaching? You tell me...

 

[lilidk]

How is it risky? He either gets a steady goaltender in the AHL or he loses a pending UFA that has among the worst stats of any goalie in the NHL this year.

Risky because he is doing very good in gr

 

[norrisnick]

Risky because he is doing very good in gr

There's a dozen goalies in the AHL with numbers as good or better that would cost a team far less than what Ned is making this year.

 

[GreatGordie9]

Stevie, may let Hellberg walk as well as Ned. There are a few goalie options in free agency. Korpisalo is one.

 

[lilidk]

There's a dozen goalies in the AHL with numbers as good or better that would cost a team far less than what Ned is making this year.

Definitely he is overpaid