Confirmed with Link: Casey DeSmith re-signed 2 years $1.8m AAV

[Empoleon8771]

i Personally feel if we’re going to keep the crew together our best option to go deeper in the playoffs is to sink more money in a goalie, like a 1B situation, and not a traditional backup like CDS…go for someone a lot better and pay them more…in fact, ditch Petts salary for a draft pick and give most of it to Kuemper…that’s the best bang for your buck if you want the Pens to extend their playoff life….

I don't understand how you can complain about Malkin not getting enough support while also advocating to sign Kuemper in free agency.

Like there's a salary cap. You don't have the money to do all of the things you want. You need to make sacrifices somewhere.

 

[SomeDude]

i Personally feel if we’re going to keep the crew together our best option to go deeper in the playoffs is to sink more money in a goalie, like a 1B situation, and not a traditional backup like CDS…go for someone a lot better and pay them more…in fact, ditch Petts salary for a draft pick and give most of it to Kuemper…that’s the best bang for your buck if you want the Pens to extend their playoff life….

Do you honestly think Kuemper is going to sign with a team to be a 1B after he just won the Cup as a starter?

Sometimes bad luck bites you in the ass. Like when your 2 NHL goalies get hurt in the playoffs and cause you to lose to a team like the Rags. It happens, doesn't mean you have to go waste cap space because you're afraid of an unlikely scenario happening again.

 

[wizmet12]

meh

 

[td_ice]

Another one our local media had no clue/inkling about.

 

[dogthateats]

Wooff.. but that's what you can get for 1.8

What's King Louis card?

Lol this guy thinks that I am an actual dog. It’s just a user name buddy! I have no idea what you are trying to say here. English please!

 

[Rakell67]

Weird, didn't think this was going to be decided before Letang/Malkin.

Perhaps that has already been decided.

 

[wheelz87]

What was he making last year?

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

I'll reiterate this here, in his NHL career, DeSmith has a .915 save% and a W/L record of 43-28-11, which ends up being 97 points in 82 games. That's a playoff team, likely a wildcard team but a playoff team.

The hate DeSmith gets is nonsensical to me. If DeSmith is this unacceptable backup with above average stats in every single season and a win/loss record good enough to make the playoffs with, who is a good enough backup?

It's not his performance. It's his lack of availability over the past 2 post seasons that's sunk this team

 

[Night Shift]

Lol this guy thinks that I am an actual dog. It’s just a user name buddy! I have no idea what you are trying to say here. English please!

Deese guise! There's only one guy...Maybe Max Talbot

 

[SomeDude]

Has anyone considered maybe he's just being brought back to be the team's resident frisbee golf instructor?

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Hextall's priorities are whack.

Who gives a sh&t about the backup goaltender when the second-best player is about to walk.

 

[Andy99]

I don't understand how you can complain about Malkin not getting enough support while also advocating to sign Kuemper in free agency.

Like there's a salary cap. You don't have the money to do all of the things you want. You need to make sacrifices somewhere.

yep, like trading Dumo, Zucker and Petts…lol

 

[Empoleon8771]

yep, like trading Dumo, Zucker and Petts…lol

Yes, and even if you do that, you still don't have the cap space to do all of the things you want.

 

[Night Shift]

Has anyone considered maybe he's just being brought back to be the team's resident frisbee golf instructor?

And he has to fill in for when the person who does iceburgh gets sick... Cause he can do cartwheels.

 

[Goalie_Bob]

I'm ok with it. I would have liked him on a one year deal and at a little less money. But as Emp has brought up many times in this thread, his performance has been really good for a backup, especially if you look at what is on the market.

So, I'm ok with it.

At this amount he could easily be traded to another team as a swap.

 

[Andy99]

Yes, and even if you do that, you still don't have the cap space to do all of the things you want.

sure you would, depending on replacement costs…but if your replacement costs of two of them are POJ and Friedman at under $1 mil, then you have $11.5 mil at your disposal…

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Hextall's priorities are whack.

Who gives a sh&t about the backup goaltender when the second-best player is about to walk.

One is very easy to take care of.

The other takes more negotiations.

Does not mean you ignore Geno/Letang because you complete an easy deal on the side.

 

[Andy99]

I'm ok with it. I would have liked him on a one year deal and at a little less money. But as Emp has brought up many times in this thread, his performance has been really good for a backup, especially if you look at what is on the market.

So, I'm ok with it.

At this amount he could easily be traded to another team as a swap.

you sure Hextall didn’t give a NMC like he gave Carter lol….?

 

[SomeDude]

Hextall's priorities are whack.

Who gives a sh&t about the backup goaltender when the second-best player is about to walk.

It's funny how a few years of having a GM like JR with complete tunnel vision has made some people forget that it is possible for a GM to handle multiple deals at one time.

 

[Pancakes]

Desmith is fine. I wish we could invest money into this position and bring in a better backup, but alas, we cannot.

For what he makes, he gives us quality regular season starts, and that's all you can ask for. Probably can't win a cup with him if Jarry gets hurt/plays bad and Desmith has to play in the playoffs, but that's true of almost every other team in the league, so whatever.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

That $1.3 million extra that you are giving a journeyman like DeSmith could be the difference between keeping Geno and letting him go.

If Malkin stays (and we win the Cup next season), it's all good.

 

[Goalie_Bob]

you sure Hextall didn’t give a NMC like he gave Carter lol….?

I understand the NMC for Carter. All it means is that he can't be traded without his outright consent. People are taking it that he can't be traded at all.

I don't see why DeSmith would get one. Goalies for the most part should never get one. There isn't one backup goalie that has one.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

CDS being re-signed at pretty much as cheap as you can expect a backup to sign for has next to no bearing on Geno or Letang.

That situation is a fun mix of their camps probably asking for the moon, and the team being saddled with a handful of guys with bloated contracts thanks to the previous GM's work.

 

[Andy99]

Desmith is fine. I wish we could invest money into this position and bring in a better backup, but alas, we cannot.

For what he makes, he gives us quality regular season starts, and that's all you can ask for. Probably can't win a cup with him if Jarry gets hurt/plays bad and Desmith has to play in the playoffs, but that's true of almost every other team in the league, so whatever.

yes we can…it’s not a luxury either…probably a necessity if we want our old team to go further in the playoffs…we need stellar goaltending…I’d rather spend there than overpay for Dumo and Petts and Zucker

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Hextall's priorities are whack.

Who gives a sh&t about the backup goaltender when the second-best player is about to walk.

Eh, we can walk and chew gum at the same time.
And if Hextall can't, well we have much bigger problems anyway