LeBrun: Cam Talbot's agent says "we both stated our position Billy has a lot of think about."

[bert]

I don't really understand what Minny are doing here. They've really created their own goaltending controversy mess out of thin air for no particular reason. Truly bizarre decisions from the Fleury thing, to trading Kakko to compounding the mistake after it backfired after the deadline.

You've got a good thing going with Talbot...stop messing with it.

Its a mess because they want two good goalies? Talbot just needs to play. Only a handful of teams have a starter good enough to carry a large load and he isnt one of them. Be a good teammate and play.

 

[Godkolzin]

I havent noticed or cared about the "Wild" in years. They should trade Talbot and sign Smith so they can have the oldest goaltending duo in history.

 

[Ban Hammered]

In my opinion the writing was on the wall when Evason said choosing Fleury to start in the playoffs was an "easy decision". Cam's wife, Kelly was not very pleased after hearing that. Cam has said the right things since that time but it clearly bothered him. He's also 35 on the tail end of his career. No way he wants to backup a guy he out preformed and got snubbed for in the playoffs.

Furthermore, the Wild need all the cap space they can get. They would be foolish to tie up almost 3.7 million on a backup when they could get someone decent in the 1 million range.

From all accounts, MN wants to do a split rotation this year so there wouldn't be a starter/backup situation.
And again, I get being disappointed, but his and his wife's attitudes are coming off as petty.

 

[biturbo19]

Its a mess because they want two good goalies? Talbot just needs to play. Only a handful of teams have a starter good enough to carry a large load and he isnt one of them. Be a good teammate and play.

If i'm Talbot, i'm annoyed though. I understand that Minnesota's cap situation is extremely tight. And they clearly need more help up front (at Center especially). But instead of doing that...they're spending a bunch of money to retain a guy who i'm going to be competing with to split starts in net?

That's frustrating. When he showed that he could carry the mail for Minnesota. And having a young backup like Kakhonen behind him seemed to do the job for cheap.

 

[MNRube]

I think Guerin wants MAF to mentor Wallstedt next year. Thus the 2 year deal.

 

[Muffin]

This is getting ugly

 

[Namikaze Minato]

This is getting ugly

f***in love it, give em hell Billy.

 

[BlueOil]

also talbot's agent, "what do you mean none of the good teams want him?"

guerin should dump him in buffalo

 

[Ban Hammered]

Well...he is correct in what he said there. Talbot can pout, but he doesn't have much to stand on IMO.

 

[bleedblue94]

Based on that quote Talbot and his agent don't sound happy I'm starting to wonder if he might hit the trade market and if he does it looks to me like there are more goalies on the market then there are teams that need goalies

so far we got Kuemper, Campbell, Murray, Allen, possibly Talbot

that's at least 5 goalies and really only 3 teams looking those being Toronto, Edmonton and Buffalo.

the goalie market is getting interesting.

jake allen is a backup, I have no idea why he is grouped with other goalies that are viewed as starters.

murray is a mess.

really you have kuemper, campbell, and possibly gibson and talbot as legit starters available for edm, tor, washington and nj if the devils decide blackwood needs to still move.

 

[NHL1674]

So it's about the money?

 

[Muffin]

So it's about the money?

That literally makes zero sense since they can’t even sign an extension.

 

[BlueOil]

So it's about the money?

it's a bold move to ask for more money when you're clearly getting demoted

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

That literally makes zero sense since they can’t even sign an extension.

They can in 5 days.

 

[Ryan52]

1. Talbot would be lucky to have a mentor like MAF.
2. Talbot hasn't proved enough in the NHL to be making those kind of statements.

He should be considering himself lucky. STFU, play with MAF, do well. Easy.

mentor? hes 34 lol

 

[bleedgreen]

That’s a good way to tell the agent to stfu.

 

[Sebastien]

If i'm Talbot, i'm annoyed though. I understand that Minnesota's cap situation is extremely tight. And they clearly need more help up front (at Center especially). But instead of doing that...they're spending a bunch of money to retain a guy who i'm going to be competing with to split starts in net?

That's frustrating. When he showed that he could carry the mail for Minnesota. And having a young backup like Kakhonen behind him seemed to do the job for cheap.

You really didn't watch Talbot last year along with Kaapo kahkonen. Both sucked for a long period of time and the Dallas game beating on national TV forced Guerin's hand to start looking at other G. Minnesota also has long term G of future in wallstedt and veteran presence in Zack mcyntire in ahl. Kaapo was never going to be Minnesota's future

 

[ThatGuy22]

This is getting ugly

Love this response from Guerin.

Talbot isn't good enough to think his job is untouchable, and he was down right bad until the moment Fleury was traded for. Maybe he needs the competition.

 

[Minnesota]

Billy really couldn’t have handled this goalie situation any worse.

We have two starting goalies… how could it get any better?

 

[Bishop7979]

1. Talbot would be lucky to have a mentor like MAF.
2. Talbot hasn't proved enough in the NHL to be making those kind of statements.

He should be considering himself lucky. STFU, play with MAF, do well. Easy.

Very confused about the mentor comment.

Isn't talbot the same age as flurry, or close to it. Don't know many 36 year Olds that need a 38 year old mentor...

 

[Digitalbooya]

MAF-Wallstedt after this upcoming season. Then Wallstedt takes over.

 

[SwordsgoneWild]

also talbot's agent, "what do you mean none of the good teams want him?"

guerin should dump him in buffalo

Sabres fans approve.

Pretty please,Bill?

 

[Gardner McKay]

1. Talbot would be lucky to have a mentor like MAF.
2. Talbot hasn't proved enough in the NHL to be making those kind of statements.

He should be considering himself lucky. STFU, play with MAF, do well. Easy.

You realize Talbot started his career behind Lundqvist and is in his mid 30s?

 

[NHL1674]

I would imagine the conversation between Talbot and his agent went something like this.

Seriously though, it appears that BG legit had plans to rotate both guys, and MAF was well aware of it....a 50/50 split.

 

[NYVanfan]

I didn’t watch much, but I had both Talbot and Kahkonen (along with hellebuck) on my fantasy team and they got me to the final, within ace of winning at all … so both seemed pretty decent week in, week out