Confirmed with Link: Columbus claims (G) Spencer Martin off waivers

[Cyclones Rock]

Going into the season completely reliant upon Elvis would have led to liver problems for management and fans alike.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Going into the season completely reliant upon Elvis would have led to liver problems for management and fans alike.

Yet you have no concerns we claimed a guy who had numbers just as bad last season as #2?

 

[NotWendell]

Yet you have no concerns we claimed a guy who had numbers just as bad last season as #2?

This kid might play as many games for us as Jonathan Quick.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[cbjthrowaway]

Yet you have no concerns we claimed a guy who had numbers just as bad last season as #2?

no one is hailing spencer martin as the solution to this team's goaltending problems. literally the only reason they claimed him is because they'd rather have him under contract than aaron dell.

the alternative (not claiming martin or signing dell) means that the team would be one goalie injury away from using nolan lalonde as an emergency call-up, which can only be done on a really limited basis. or they could sign a guy off the street. better to just, like, have that guy in the organization.

relying on elvis is a different problem entirely. claiming martin is simply calamity insurance. one is an issue, one isn't.

 

[MAHJ71]

 

[I am toxic]

It was all the team building . . .

Don't be fooled by Spencer's SV% last year. I can't count how many times the Canucks would be down a goal or two in the first period, and the announcers were saying the only thing they weren't down by a couple more was because of Martin.

But the workload (and related lack of practie) and lack of team defense certainly got the better of him by the end, he is useful as a 20 game backup goalie, not a number 1, which is where your team needs to upgrade.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

It was all the team building . . .

Don't be fooled by Spencer's SV% last year. I can't count how many times the Canucks would be down a goal or two in the first period, and the announcers were saying the only thing they weren't down by a couple more was because of Martin.

But the workload (and related lack of practie) and lack of team defense certainly got the better of him by the end, he is useful as a 20 game backup goalie, not a number 1, which is where your team needs to upgrade.

In all fairness, our defense was a dumpster fire last year as well that "should" be better.

 

[I am toxic]

In all fairness, our defense was a dumpster fire last year as well that "should" be better.

Spencer will have no trouble recognizing a dumpster fire defense