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Yay....and eww.
Good for getting Stone locked up.
Bad for going to arbitration. That never ends well. Sours the relationship between player and team every time.
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Yay....and eww.
Good for getting Stone locked up.
Bad for going to arbitration. That never ends well. Sours the relationship between player and team every time.
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I took a dump... And I can read poop like tea leaves and I think it is Stone to Buffalo.
That is as accurate as that site.
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Really last year Lehner was perhaps the WORST goalie in the NHL. Hammond was the BEST goalie in the NHL when he played.
Not huge sample sizes but going with Hammond is not a crazy thing. And Hammond is cheaper.
My view of Lehner is "tainted" by his actual play.
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Just adding some context.
As for the puck handling, you may not like it, but Anderson is worlds better than Lehner at it. He has his gaffs (kinda like Belfour did) but most of the time he helps out the D a lot.
But the most important thing imo is that we are dealing with a 86 game sample here, less than an average starter gets in 2 seasons. It's pretty normal for a goalie to have hot and cold stretches, but they can look far more obvious when you break up the play into smaller chunks. The question is, which chunk is more representative of his abilities. My concern is during this past season, he not only was getting scored on, but looking bad doing it, but Kiprusoff looked terrible in SJ before being traded, so what do I know.
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Judging by their ages that would keep them all as RFAs upon expiry.
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A one year deal would make Hoffman 26 with three years of NHL experience.
A two year deal would make Zibanejad 24 with five years of NHL experience.
A three year deal would make Stone 26 with four or five years of NHL experience. (I don't think the 13-14 season would count for him since he only played 19 out of 82 games.)
Meh. I agree he is better.... but, Lehner knows he's bad and keeps it simple, rarely ventures. Anderson is not so good, but ventures a whole lot and is slow getting back. He helps the D sometimes but he also gets into trouble. The amount of times I
at Anderson when he plays the puck. Lehner is more conservative.Yeah, agreed. Hopefully the new baby can explain his performance. I'm sure it's tough for anyone to have a kid, but at 23.... tough adjustment I'm sure.
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You know what drives me nuts about Anderson? It's how he completely bails on the play if he gets bumped or interfered with and just stares at the Refs.
ITs a small thing, but its cost the team a couple of goals.
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Its better not to buy into any UFA years. That way he can be re-signed longterm just before he would be a UFA. This means we own Stone for 10 years instead of 8 and know if hes for reals.
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I guess. Although 5.5 from 23 years old to 30 years old would be awesome. Instead of the 8M he'll likely make after this contract. pros and cons I guess
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Can confirm. The kids need to prove themselves before he starts doling out the big term contracts. Murray doesn't seem interested in gambling on Zib or Hoffman (or Stone for that matter, but I think he's the most likely to get term IMO).
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