Injury Report: Andy DTD with kneee injury

[CBinTokyo]

Dubas caught with his pants down here. No excuse to have this lack of depth, sorry. Scary.

Uhhh.....errrr...okay..so what was he supposed to do with the depth we had...run 4 goalies?

 

[GrizzLeaf]

Sparks has got this. Relax mates

 

[Rob Brown]

We have a TON to be thankful and proud of with this team. We're coming around as a franchise, so let's all be better as fans and be supportive of the guys on this team, rather than shitting on guys like Sparks. Honestly.

 

[bodechek]

This is what happens when you have weak defence. The goalie strains himself making stops and now he is out. Hoping Sparks can translate his AHL success to the NHL. as for those crying about lack of depth, get over it. It is what it is now. Sparks, Pickard and McElhinney all had to clear waivers to retain them. And nobody is going to trade for something you know you can get for free thru waivers.

 

[hector morrison]

Matthews will have to lite it up tonite!

 

[A1LeafNation]

Doubt it’s serious. Probably an excuse to play Sparks.

 

[SprDaVE]

Keep three, give Sparks a chance if he looks good send down the other guy and hope he clears. Anyways, this isn't a good situation that's for sure.

It's not ideal but Andersen will be back next game apparently. And you act like it's impossible to find a backup or a third stringer. They get traded for next to nothing quite often.

If Sparks isn't up to par as he should be, I'm sure they Leafs can replace him in the near future.

It's really nothing to panic about.

 

[KPower]

Cue the "Dubas screwed up" comments.....NOW

Well we're going to find out very quickly if he did screw up.

 

[Havoc]

Every tip guaranteed to go in?

 

[Lansdown]

It's not ideal but Andersen will be back next game apparently. And you act like it's impossible to find a backup or a third stringer. They get traded for next to nothing quite often.

If Sparks isn't up to par as he should be, I'm sure they Leafs can replace him in the near future.

It's really nothing to panic about.

If there's nothing to panic about there's nothing to talk about.

 

[Rob Brown]

It's not ideal but Andersen will be back next game apparently. And you act like it's impossible to find a backup or a third stringer. They get traded for next to nothing quite often.

If Sparks isn't up to par as he should be, I'm sure they Leafs can replace him in the near future.

It's really nothing to panic about.

Where did you read this?

 

[DarkKnight]

It's not ideal but Andersen will be back next game apparently. And you act like it's impossible to find a backup or a third stringer. They get traded for next to nothing quite often.

If Sparks isn't up to par as he should be, I'm sure they Leafs can replace him in the near future.

It's really nothing to panic about.

Okay, easy peasy. My bad for remembering the past. I’m not panicking, but I don’t have my head in the sand about our lack of goalie depth, this focuses that point quite succinctly imho.

 

[Al14]

We have a TON to be thankful and proud of with this team. We're coming around as a franchise, so let's all be better as fans and be supportive of the guys on this team, rather than ****ting on guys like Sparks. Honestly.

That has been my beef on here for years. It seems that half of our fan base always have to hate someone on the team! Ridiculous, I say.

 

[Sniper99]

the overreaction in this thread is really sad. Reminds me of the overreactions after every loss in most PGT

R-E-L-A-X!!

 

[The CyNick]

Poor planning by the young GM. These are the types of rookie mistakes you expect from a rookie. Hopefully it doesn't cost us too much.

 

[SprDaVE]

Where did you read this?

 

[Ratboy]

Well we're going to find out very quickly if he did screw up.

He probably did. But stick around to find out!

This is Sparks chance to prove to us he's an NHL caliber goalie. Let's see what he's got. I'm not exactly optimistic but ... Yeah.

 

[Havoc]

We finally give up less than 3 goals and this happens? We can never just enjoy our moments

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

The only thing that went wrong here is that Sparks didn't get good enough quick enough. Because of that, we lost 1 career backup and 1 career AHLer to waivers. The CBA only lets you keep so much depth for so long, but they are just that, depth. Spare parts.

Keeping Sparks -- the only one with some potential -- and risking losing the other 2 on waivers was still the right move, all things considered. If Sparks really flops this year, goalies can always be signed, or traded for for future considerations and 6-7th round picks. Hell, it's entirely possible Mc / Pick end up back on our roster for free with a second demotion once the 2 teams that claimed them get healthy.

Nothing to see here, these are all solvable problems.

 

[great]

Time to score those 10 goals

 

[Daisy Jane]

Sign Steve Mason if Freddie is likely to be out very long?

yah, no.

 

[Not My Tempo]

I can understand people thinking Dubas made the wrong decision with Sparks, I think so too, but idk how you can blame him for our decimated depth. We were always going to lose 2 of McElhinney, Sparks and Pickard. It’s just the reality of waivers and roster spots.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Poor planning by the young GM. These are the types of rookie mistakes you expect from a rookie. Hopefully it doesn't cost us too much.

what teams kept 3 goalies on their roster?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Well we're going to find out very quickly if he did screw up.

We found out the answer to that against Chicago, yes he won 7-6 but that's the problem it was 7-6 he didn't win that game his offense did, Sparks let in 4 soft goals

 

[zeke]

oh boy we're really gonna miss his sub-.900sv%