Confirmed with Link: [CAR/FLA] Scott Darling + 2020 6th Round Pick for James Reimer

[Joe McGrath]

This is why you keep stupid reactionary commentary in GDTs.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

This is why you keep stupid reactionary commentary in GDTs.

And draft threads.

 

[Joe McGrath]

And draft threads.

That too. I try to give zero opinion on those at this point

 

[Wolfpuck]

Reimer was always gonna be better than Darling, the point of the trade was for Florida to buy out Darling instead of us. He’s been great so far in a small sample, will probably be fine but not this good for the rest of the year, and be a competent 1b for the rest of the contract.

Given this was a cap move and not a “hockey trade” for Florida, comparing it to the Rask/Nino trade probably isn’t correct. They wanted the cap room to make a big UFA splash, which they succeeded in doing. Now, argue the wisdom of spending that much on Bob all you want, but they got the goalie they wanted, and made they trade they needed to in order to do so.

My point was Florida could have gotten more than a 6th to make the deal.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

My point was Florida could have gotten more than a 6th to make the deal.

Not really. We helped them out about as much as they helped us out. Darling GM was better to buyout than Reimer so that they could get Bob. Reimer was the way better goalie. Worked out for everyone

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Not really. We helped them out about as much as they helped us out. Darling GM was better to buyout than Reimer so that they could get Bob. Reimer was the way better goalie. Worked out for everyone

Did it, though? Reimer's sv% is .927, Bob's is .902.

Not saying it's gonna stay that way, but at the moment, one could argue that the Panthers paid a pretty high price to replace a pretty good goalie.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Did it, though? Reimer's sv% is .927, Bob's is .902.

Not saying it's gonna stay that way, but at the moment, one could argue that the Panthers paid a pretty high price to replace a pretty good goalie.

Well like the other posters have said, whether the signing of Bob was a good idea is irrelevant. They wanted to go after him and make him their goalie for a long time. Trading Reimer for Darling was the best way to free up space for that.

Would I have done that? Hell no, but they got what they wanted and so did the Canes.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Did it, though? Reimer's sv% is .927, Bob's is .902.

Not saying it's gonna stay that way, but at the moment, one could argue that the Panthers paid a pretty high price to replace a pretty good goalie.

Look I think they made the bigger mistake than we did, no doubt. Mainly because I think no goalie is worth the money and term they gave Bob, and time is proving me right on that.

My point though is that they approached the trade with us as enabling another move they were already dead set on making, and in that sense it doesn’t really matter how good Reimer turned out to be. Unlike Rask for Nino, it wasn’t a hockey trade, it was a cap thing. And because the trade enabled them to get the cap space to do the thing they wanted, they’re probably fine with it.

 

[DaveG]

Did it, though? Reimer's sv% is .927, Bob's is .902.

Not saying it's gonna stay that way, but at the moment, one could argue that the Panthers paid a pretty high price to replace a pretty good goalie.

on the flip side the concept that you need to build outward from the net seems lost on some teams. You can get an ace goalie but if they are behind a tire fire defense they're not gonna look like an ace goalie for long.

Their mistake was that they thought they were getting Breadman as a package deal with Bob. To be fair 90% of the fans around the league though the same thing, if not more.

 

[MinJaBen]

Florida's problem was never the goalie.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Florida's problem was never the goalie.

But it was Bob

 

[DaveG]

To be fair, my takes when this trade happened were shit, but to be fair to myself I also thought when it happened that we no longer were in the running for Varly or Mr. Azek

 

[Unsustainable]

Hot streak over

 

[Stubu]

Cold streak time, put Mr Azek in the net, so on and so forth. Problem?

 

[Svechhammer]

Cold streak time, put Mr Azek in the net, so on and so forth. Problem?

Mr Azek didn't exactly look capable while getting shelled in Toronto

 

[Stubu]

Okay then, we're f'ed.

 

[Svechhammer]

Welp he sucks again

 

[Negan4Coach]

I double down on my initial reaction

 

[Wolfpuck]

He definitely looked like Darling against the Flyers. He had no idea what was going on from the opening puck drop to the end of the game.

 

[Svechhammer]

He definitely looked like Darling against the Flyers. He had no idea what was going on from the opening puck drop to the end of the game.

Reimer during the Flyers game, in gif format

 

[The Faulker 27]

Reimer during the Flyers game, in gif format

Accurate

 

[MinJaBen]

Reimer during the Flyers game, in gif format

Accurate

And faster.

 

[Wolfpuck]

James, I’m sorry.

I...

I love you.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

So do we like him again?

Need to know how to feel.

 

[Svechhammer]

The programmers just properly calibrated him before this one