Injury Report: Andy DTD with kneee injury

[Kurisu]

At least we banked 10 points early in the season for spots like this.

 

[Garbs]

You don't carry 3 goaltenders. It negatively impacts their ability to even practice properly. Every goaltender, general manager, coach, skater, analyst, and water boy will tell you this.

How are you a fan of hockey and not know this?

 

[cannucky]

Oh great....sparks is in.....is the zamboni driver willing to get some pucks fired at him for 60 minutes? Or perhaps there will be an accountant watching in attendance ready to get his real big break

Hey we've used the Zamboni driver before and he wasn't any worse than Sharts .

 

[crump]

Holy "overreaction" Batman.

This thread.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Freddy practiced today. Before we all jump off the ledge let's take a breath and realize if it was serious in anyway he wouldn't have been in practice today lol

 

[Fogelhund]

Freddy practiced today. Before we all jump off the ledge let's take a breath and realize if it was serious in anyway he wouldn't have been in practice today lol

Sounds like he injured it, in practice today.

 

[member 307081]

Steve mason says hi

 

[DarkKnight]

This isnt good for anyone. Every player Ive ever heard talk about 3 goalies said it was awkward and dumb.

And besides that, the odds were against this waivers/imjury scenario even happening in the first place

Dubas gambled they wouldn't both get claimed, he lost. That's fine, but we are running 8 D so he had that option, and if he felt they would've been claimed, it was there without detracting from the team. Anyways, I'm judging his moves one by one, his handling of the goalies is in the minus column for me.

 

[ElbowLander]

Explain to me exactly how the lack of depth is Dubas fault?

You keep 3 goalies to start the year.

Especially when Justin Holl has played zero games this far

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Just score 10 goals per game and don’t worry about goaltending until mid season.

 

[Nooodles]

Freddy practiced today. Before we all jump off the ledge let's take a breath and realize if it was serious in anyway he wouldn't have been in practice today lol

You know you can get injured during practice right?

 

[Garbs]

You keep 3 goalies to start the year.

Especially when Justin Holl has played zero games this far

Hey genius, you keep 3 goaltenders and then what? Who is the backup? When does the 3rd goaltender ever get to play?

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Oh no.

Oh No.

OH NO!

 

[hotpaws]

LA hasn't been scoring , this is might be a good game for Sparks to gain some confidence .

 

[SeaOfBlue]

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Well that's good. Leafs should have given Sparks a start somewhere in the next few games anyways, and I'd rather he go up against LA than Pittsburgh or Winnipeg. I guess maybe St. Louis would be bit easier overall, but even then I would be the least afraid of LA's offense out of the bunch. Plus they have a rookie goalie in Campbell in net, so it's not like he's going up against Quick, even if Campbell has been hot. To be fair, three of his four games were Montreal, Ottawa, and Detroit, and his Ottawa game (his first game) he was atrocious and got pulled half way through. Sparks was at least able to keep it together enough to win and not get pulled despite the worst defensive effort from the Leafs this season by far (vs. guys like Toews and Kane no less).

Fact is, Leafs defense is going to need to play well tonight, just like they have for Andersen the past couple of games (especially against Washington). You have to give Sparks a chance to be successful, just like you do for Andersen in October despite being really shaky.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Dubas gambled they wouldn't both get claimed, he lost. That's fine, but we are running 8 D so he had that option, and if he felt they would've been claimed, it was there without detracting from the team. Anyways, I'm judging his moves one by one, his handling of the goalies is in the minus column for me.

how was it a gamble? Yes he was hoping they wouldn't get claimed, but that's how waivers works. Every team keeps 2 goalies

 

[sxvnert]

Ugh, Sparks starting..

 

[Mr Hockey]

We got win 9-7 while he is out lol

 

[TheDoldrums]

You keep 3 goalies to start the year.

Especially when Justin Holl has played zero games this far

Then we lose Holl to waivers since apparently we can't send anyone down without them being claimed.

I've never liked the idea of keeping three goalies. I would have criticized Dubas for doing it, so I'm not going to be upset with him in hindsight.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Sparks gets injured in the first period. HFBoards implodes.

Who knows, maybe McAdam can step up? He's put together some solid efforts in the AHL/ECHL and he just came off of one in his first game with the Growlers.

 

[67Cup]

Two unsigned FA goalies, as far as I can tell, are Steve Mason and Kari Lehtonen. I have no idea if they are in shape, or whether Lehtonen is even on this continent. But if Freddie’s problem is more than a tweak, it might be worth exploring these options

 

[X66]

Man the Dubas haters were waiting for this one lol.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Man the Dubas haters were waiting for this one lol.

it's his fault Freddy got hurt clearly

 

[TheDoldrums]

Two unsigned FA goalies, as far as I can tell, are Steve Mason and Kari Lehtonen. I have no idea if they are in shape, or whether Lehtonen is even on this continent. But if Freddie’s problem is more than a tweak, it might be worth exploring these options

I think Steve Mason can still be a good goalie, would definitely look into him if Andy were to be out awhile.

 

[Morbo]

better not be longterm. yikes.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Two unsigned FA goalies, as far as I can tell, are Steve Mason and Kari Lehtonen. I have no idea if they are in shape, or whether Lehtonen is even on this continent. But if Freddie’s problem is more than a tweak, it might be worth exploring these options

Mason is considering retirement due to injury. Lehtonen did not want to move his family so he's probably going to retire or play in Finland for a bit. If either were viable candidates, they likely would have earned jobs somewhere by now.