Pretty sure if they feel they need to upgrade their backup goalie as insurance, they won't be shopping in the defective goalie bin.
That's the issue here... claiming it's an upgrade or insurance, when it's none of that. It's just more terrible goaltending instead.
Again, Dubnyk isn't an improvement at all. That's why it makes so little sense.
And only Grubauer is any good at all? Just adds to the confusion on why the Avs felt the need for this.Colorado now have 8 goalies under NHL contract. Has to be some kind of record.
Grubauer
Dubnyk
Johansson
Francouz
Jones
Miska
Werner
Annunen
Only Francouz, Annunen and Miska are under contract for next year.
What about your other 5 goalies?Dubnyk is absolutely an improvement over miska and JJ. I mean we've at least seen Dubnyk play decent in his career. Can't say the same for miska and JJ.
The Dubnyk I saw this year got left out to dry on multiple occasions by his defense. You still fail to acknowledge that the defense on Colorado is head and shoulders above what San Jose ices.
And only Grubauer is any good at all? Just adds to the confusion on why the Avs felt the need for this.
What about your other 5 goalies?
Look at Cam Talbot behind that same Minnesota defense.And also head and shoulders better than minny's so called elite defense.
So, Colorado has the largest collection of bad goaltenting in history, behind one single NHL caliber goaltender. I take it, this is then purely a gamble that maybe Dubs could find a momentary flash of his old self if times get desperate.- Francouz has been out since training camp. We have no idea what happened to him, but he's done.
- Annunen is in Finland (and struggling).
- Jones is a bad ECHL goaltender.
- Werner is a bad AHL goaltender.
Look at Cam Talbot behind that same Minnesota defense.
You're missing the point.Cam Talbot would look even better in Colorado.
I’m not saying it was unexpected. I’m saying you are over exaggerating where he is now.We're aware of when she was hospitalized and he took his leave of absence. He was playing terrible all season before... he was getting clearly progressively worse the entire season prior to the point he shouldn't have even been the starter entering the season in the first place. The season before that even, the decline in his play was very apparent.
It's been several years leading to this trajectory. You're trying to make it out like it was unexpected. It wasn't. We all saw it coming. I know you're trying to feel for the guy considering the scare last year.. we all do. That wasn't the trigger for where his career has gone since though.
Yep. Maybe pretty close defensively but the puck movement in COL is way better.And also head and shoulders better than minny's so called elite defense.
No, I'm really not. He is one of the worst goaltenders in the league, right now.I’m not saying it was unexpected. I’m saying you are over exaggerating where he is now.
Either way both Miska and Johansson are a clear step below.No, I'm really not. He is one of the worst goaltenders in the league, right now.
Look at Cam Talbot behind that same Minnesota defense.
So, Colorado has the largest collection of bad goaltenting in history, behind one single NHL caliber goaltender. I take it, this is then purely a gamble that maybe Dubs could find a momentary flash of his old self if times get desperate.
At least that then makes a little sense. I'd certainly bet against it if the time came, but that does give some sense to this which I didn't see in the deal before.
You're missing the point.
That you think Dubnyk is awful and cannot possibly turn it around? Even though he has a history of doing just that?
Did his eyes go bad or arms stopped working or shrunk from 6'6 to 5'9 or something?
LOL just 2 hours after I dropped Melnichuk in fantasy
(it's a 20 teams x 30 players deep league with a few NA slots)
He's gotten a lot slower, so he's cheating to the puck carrier and he's coming too far out of his net to cut the angle down. Are you thinking there will be some kind of improvement to this at 34 years old? It's a clear decline in ability
Did he get alot slower in one off season due to a career ending injury that could never be healed? What you said sounds like something that is more technical, but we will have to see how he plays.
Of course it sounds technical... because those are things goalies get coached to do as they get older and decline, not because they feel like doing it.
You can tell Fluery for example hasn't experienced much decline even at 36 years old, because he's not been coached to cheat over or making himself big so he doesn't need to react.