He’s not good enough at this point to be a backup in the AHL. We know because we tried and he was awful there, too. Behind the best AHL team this year.As I said we know he can't be a starter and that's been proven, but if he landed in a place like Toronto where there is an established starter that's fine.
Scott Darling can be an NHL backup we know it we have seen it it wasn't that long ago you could argue he was the best backup in the NHL.
I don't need him to play 65 games
at most I need 20
Seems like a nice guy, hopefully something sticks for him
Smart move.
I can't believe they signed him to that ridiculous contract to begin with. He's a beer league goalie.
Smart move.
I can't believe they signed him to that ridiculous contract to begin with. He's a beer league goalie.
I'm not really rooting for Darling at this point.
I know he had/has demons and I have a lot of empathy for that. But I listened to his interview on Spittin' Chiclets a few months ago.
He didn't want to go into details, but we all know that he basically bottomed out and then recovered.
But the fact that he reaches his pinnacle, signs a big deal with the Canes, and then shows up out of shape to the first training camp?
There are a lot of people with compelling stories who would love to be an NHL goaltender. What he did kind of seems like a betrayal of an organization that believed in you.
He doesn't have a full NMC? He can be sent down, yes?
Don't understand why they just don't send him down then. Shaves one mill off the cap hit, and they get it done faster. Seems like they have decent cap-space, and the difference- although it gives 1 mill higher cap hit for the first two seasons- is, then it is over.
He was a ufa. He was not going to just take a 2 year deal. The team that offered him term would have been the one to land him.Taking a chance on Darling was fine at the time. He was considered one of the better available goaltenders at the time, and there was all the talk about how he was ready to be a starter and just needed the opportunity.
The mistake was signing him to a long-term deal immediately, before he even so much as played a game in their uniform.
Now obviously, they couldn't have expected Darling to handle the transition out of Chicago so poorly (between showing up to camp out of shape and other less verifiable rumors), but it would have been so much better to give him a short "show me" type deal.
He literally was playing beer league caliber before Chicago signed him. It was a real bonehead move by him and whoever was advising him to chase the money in Carolina. He had a real good thing with the Hawks and he could have stayed to help backstop a good team at the time and be close to home. But he chased the money too fast and now it might come at the cost of ending his NHL career. He abandoned a great support system and I hope he enjoys the money, but at this point that's all he has to show for it. A team got to the conference finals despite him and felt they were better dumping him. I don't think he was even playing in Charlotte once he got sent down right?
You just hope this was a horrible chain reaction of bad decisions that ends his playing career in the matter of months
He literally was playing beer league caliber before Chicago signed him. It was a real bonehead move by him and whoever was advising him to chase the money in Carolina. He had a real good thing with the Hawks and he could have stayed to help backstop a good team at the time and be close to home. But he chased the money too fast and now it might come at the cost of ending his NHL career. He abandoned a great support system and I hope he enjoys the money, but at this point that's all he has to show for it. A team got to the conference finals despite him and felt they were better dumping him. I don't think he was even playing in Charlotte once he got sent down right?
You just hope this was a horrible chain reaction of bad decisions that ends his playing career in the matter of months
Yes it is. It was a short term play that now likely ended his career in the NHL. You HOPE he's saving most of that money and didn't piss it away because guys like him don't typically have much of a post playing plan. He could have gone the route of a Chad Johnson type and had a long and steady career of paychecks into his late 30s if he just accepted his level of being a backupWas it really a "bonehead move" to chase the money? In his situation I would have done the same. He made sure him and his family are set for life. Sure, potentially winning a SC is great but he made the right decision.
Funny...Didn't he help win a cup? I'd say it worked out
$16.6 million over 4 years with $9.5 million earned so far. Buyout is for the remaining $7.1 million. He still pockets another $4.7 million so he’ll get $14.2 million from Carolina. He made under $2.5 combine din his 3 prior seasons with Chicago. He’s 30 now, so there is still time for him.Yes it is. It was a short term play that now likely ended his career in the NHL. You HOPE he's saving most of that money and didn't piss it away because guys like him don't typically have much of a post playing plan. He could have gone the route of a Chad Johnson type and had a long and steady career of paychecks into his late 30s if he just accepted his level of being a backup
Chad Johnson's earnings to date: $9.7+MYes it is. It was a short term play that now likely ended his career in the NHL. You HOPE he's saving most of that money and didn't piss it away because guys like him don't typically have much of a post playing plan. He could have gone the route of a Chad Johnson type and had a long and steady career of paychecks into his late 30s if he just accepted his level of being a backup
And Johnson is 2.5 years older. Turns 33 in June, Darling 31 in December.Chad Johnson's earnings to date: $9.7+M
Darling's earnings to date: $11M + $4.7M buy-out.
Yes it is. It was a short term play that now likely ended his career in the NHL. You HOPE he's saving most of that money and didn't piss it away because guys like him don't typically have much of a post playing plan. He could have gone the route of a Chad Johnson type and had a long and steady career of paychecks into his late 30s if he just accepted his level of being a backup
Yes it is. It was a short term play that now likely ended his career in the NHL. You HOPE he's saving most of that money and didn't piss it away because guys like him don't typically have much of a post playing plan. He could have gone the route of a Chad Johnson type and had a long and steady career of paychecks into his late 30s if he just accepted his level of being a backup