Waived: Alzner on waivers at noon
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Almost like Robidas island lol
Porter Stoutheart
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And.... he's a goalie who retired 10 years ago. And STILL better. Let that sink in... !
Moose Head
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And.... he's a goalie who retired 10 years ago. And STILL better. Let that sink in... !
Correction made
Alzer was one of those fools gold type defenseman. Negative shot share guy relative every year of his career. He was just hanging on in those minutes on good caps teams. He failed the eye test later on in WSH too and the analytics provided many red flags that he was gonna fall of the face of the Earth, like he did.
Bargain Bin fails again.
Bargain Bin fails again.
Brunomics
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Should've left it to drive home the point even more.
One Winged Angel
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Alzer was one of those fools gold type defenseman. Negative shot share guy relative every year of his career. He was just hanging on in those minutes on good caps teams. He failed the eye test later on in WSH too and the analytics provided many red flags that he was gonna fall of the face of the Earth, like he did.
Bargain Bin fails again.
I think if anything, it's not just him but it's all of those stay at home types. You're seeing less and less of them. If they can't move the puck at least semi-adequately, they don't last anymore.
Agalloch
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He will be bought up this summer. That was a mistake by Bergevin and at least, he did something to correct it.
Volica
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Oh man, the guys who can't skate and are 'stay-at-home' because they don't contribute offensively and handle the puck like grenades in their own zone are the Dodo.
The modern 'stay-at-home' defenceman is still able to skate and complete solid outlet passes. The guy who can barely move around, and who exits the zone by blasting it up the boards; that time is gone.
Captain Mountain
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Not sure that's the case. Montreal doesn't need the cap space now and he has a lockout-proof contract. They only realize notable cap savings next season, and they already have a ton of cap space with only a couple of FA of note.
SirClintonPortis
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Josh Gorges has lasted longer and played better, especially when he was the same age.
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Agalloch
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Oups, you're right. The emotion got to me haha.
LaP
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I don't disagree but there are plenty of stay at home guys who can get the puck out and keep it out of the zone. This deal was only signed 16 months ago so it's not like THAT much has changed from the til now
Meh, it's only 3.5 more years, the AAV's not crazy-big ($4.6), and he can mentor the kids.
In a pinch, he can be recalled, waived again...rinse and repeat.
LaP
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Just bad. You don't want him even on a 1 million 1 year deal.
Captain Mountain
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Alzner signed his contract, he should honour it. Its not up to Montreal at all to buy him out if it doesn't make sense for their cap planning.
And every AHL team in the league has veterans. Who cares what they're paid there. If anything, Laval could use a vet on their D for development purposes, since they don't have one.
Captain Mountain
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Carey Please :)
LaP
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I think his main problem is decision making. You can overcome being slow with hockey IQ. But Alzner has zero hockey IQ. The decisions he takes on the ice are mind boggling. The other day he felt behind the net and after getting up his reaction to him being behind the play was to get one foot in front of his goalie and try to block a one timer shot doing a ninja move à la Karate Kid Crane Kick. Of course he screened his goalie and the puck went in. Any decent dmen would have let his goalie do the save and then try to clear the font of the net. Never try to correct a mistake by doing a 2nd one.
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