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It's just one playoff series. Chill.We already know what he is. Best before date of March 31. Wouldn’t you gamble on getting someone who can contribute in April and beyond?
It's just one playoff series. Chill.We already know what he is. Best before date of March 31. Wouldn’t you gamble on getting someone who can contribute in April and beyond?
I will hope for him to have a big playoff series one day so this narrative doesn't stick.But is it?
I believe youI will hope for him to have a big playoff series one day so this narrative doesn't stick.
I’m not sure we are there yet. We may be too different.Can you believe in me instead?
Where do:
Lehtonen
Halak
Ward
Lack
Bernier
Johnson
Niemi
Hammond
Pavelec
Khudobin
Hutchinson
Hutton
all sign?
Ugh. Was expecting this to be honest. We'll hit it home one day I guess.I’m not sure we are there yet. We may be too different.
We already know what he is. Best before date of March 31[/. Wouldn’t you gamble on getting someone who can contribute in April and beyond?QUOTE]
Only if your team intends to play beyond April
Bought the tickets, seen the movie, know how it ends. The sequel wouldn't be any better.Detroit needs a 1B goalie, be it through trade or signing. I can see Grubauer ending up in DET via trade or Hutton or Bernier signing as UFAs.
Hutchinson - young team looking for a fresh face, DET or CAR
Halak - Backup in STL or NYR
Where do:
Lehtonen
Halak
Ward
Lack
Bernier
Johnson
Niemi
Hammond
Pavelec
Khudobin
Hutchinson
Hutton
all sign?
Where do:
Lehtonen - NYI
Halak - KHL
Ward - CAR
Lack - Europe
Bernier - COL
Johnson - CGY
Niemi
Hammond
Pavelec - KHL/Europe
Khudobin
Hutchinson
Hutton - STL
all sign?
I would add Grubuaer or Holtby. If Holtby is aviable, he could bring something really good to the caps
I am not certain that one of these is necessarily the reason for the other.After the playoff performance it's almost certainly going to be Grubauer.
Ward is a pretty clear pick to remain in Carolina or retire. His son receives specialized medical care there and he’s got his own winery. He’s not a guy who’s hurting for money or who would uproot his family and take his son away from his doctors.
For used sock tape? I don't see any team handing the reigns over to Allen based on his Jekyll and Hyde game play and there are cheaper backup solutions.And I think STL trades Allen.
Grubauer will probably get moved for something. We'll sign something cheap to back up Holtby or use Copley for half the season until Samsonov gets his feet under him in Hershey.
I think Halak would be a good fit for that role in the short term, although he probably only has a few years left in him.Avs should be heavily in the market for a 1B type of goalie that can both push Varlamov for the starters role and play the starters role outright when Varly inevitably goes down with an injury.
Unfortunately I'm not sure such a Goalie exists in the UFA market this season. Of that list Hutton and Khudobin are probably the two best chances at getting such a goalie. But I suspect we'll be active in the trade front for this need and hopefully also in the market for a couple goalies in the draft to start preparing for the future. We're gonna have a big need for a #1G pretty soon and the pipeline does not show much promise for that yet.