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Confirmed with Link: Canes sign G Antoine Bibeau - 1yr 700k/75k two-way
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WreckingCrew
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They signed a lower level NHL/AHL tweener goalie...to be an AHL backup to Ned.
Forsberg was a luxury they got as a castoff from the Blackhawks.
Only other news to come of this is Helvig is probably in the ECHL again this year.
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Looks like he'll platoon or backup in the AHL. Hasn't been good in 3 years.
DaveG
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... But why? Is he even an upgrade in the A over Helvig?
WreckingCrew
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That's my thinking, Helvig probably has a chance to be just as good or better but will probably be cast-off to the ECHL again. HOPEFULLY, Bibeau is just like insurance in case Ned gets a callup or Helvig bombs and the plan is to use him as a vet presence 3rd G
Lets Helvig start in Greenville while Ned starts in Chicago? Other option is you sign or have Greenville sign 2 ECHL goalies.
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Didn't Helvig get arrested? Did that ever get cleared up in some way? Perhaps the team ain't to keen on him.
Joe McGrath
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I think a guy that doesn’t have a pending battery case “involving domestic violence” is absolutely an upgrade for an AHL backup role.
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Yep, he also put up pretty mediocre stats in the ECHL so it's not surprising he won't be getting promoted. He also only has 1 year left then I'm sure we'll be letting him go then.
DaveG
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Fair point on this. If the intention is to just completely go with Ned and let the other goalie have the 2nd game of B2Bs or game 2 in a 3 game stand, may as well sign some rando castoff and let the other prospect you signed get the #1 spot in the ECHL. If Ned's around 50 some starts, Helvig around 40 some, and Bibeau around 20 it makes sense.
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Chicago wants vets. Canes probably want a guy that isn't Ned that can come up in a pinch. Helvig may have a major character concern and doesn't have very good numbers save playing for the Everblades, which seems to usually be a very good ECHL team. I get we're damaged as a fanbase for NHL and prospect goalies, but not sure why anyone gives a damn about Helvig.
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I had definitely forgotten about the domestic violence allegation (has anyone heard if more came of it? I'd assume he could be released if convicted?). That said, don't so much care about where Helvig ends up as much as Bebop being almost Darling-level the past few years as the guy they signed to be Neds backup
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His numbers the last year he actually played a meaningful number of games look rather similar to Forsberg last year. I think he's perfectly fine as a veteran AHL goalie.
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Prolly memory effect. Damn NiCds!
in my ignorance i have decided to go with "pi" translates to "cliff" - i assume not as good as it truly is, and just turns this into a very literal statement, but works for me.
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The headwear this male model is wearing is "pipo" in Finnish. "Pipoo" is the vernacular partitive form of the words, and also how you would write the pronounciation of Bibeau in Finnish.
Originally the beanie caps in my whereabouts were conical in shape. They got their Finnish name from a yard game that uses a lot of cones the name of which were "pipo".
There is a Finnish idiom "there are people/folks/men like beanie cap" coming from this game, meaning that there are lots of people somewhere.
And we have been signing a lots of men lately. Men like Bibeau.
Navin R Slavin
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You were right when you said it was untranslatable.
Joe McGrath
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The headwear this male model is wearing is "pipo" in Finnish. "Pipoo" is the vernacular partitive form of the words, and also how you would write the pronounciation of Bibeau in Finnish.
Originally the beanie caps in my whereabouts were conical in shape. They got their Finnish name from a yard game that uses a lot of cones the name of which were "pipo".
There is a Finnish idiom "there are people/folks/men like beanie cap" coming from this game, meaning that there are lots of people somewhere.
And we have been signing a lots of men lately. Men like Bibeau.
Should’ve used a picture of Bieber TBH.
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