Player Discussion Filip Gustavsson

[AKL]

We already did re-sign him for two more years after this one, and this is his 4th year in the NHL. I would've been fine with a slight drop off from last year, but this year he has been borderline terrible, and not even close to what he was last year. I think that he is the greatest reason that we are not in playoff position this year.

I don't think he's any worse than the team in front of him. This is a bottom 10 caliber team. They're 4-1-1 in their last 6 because Kaprizov-Ek-Boldy have gone supernova the last two weeks, but had they not, we're not getting any help anywhere else in the lineup, this team would still be 6th/7th worst in the league. And the defense doesn't need to be written about anymore than it already has either, but this is a roster where Zach Bogosian is a regular and plays often in the top four. Merrill and Mermis are AHL players. No goalie would look good behind this team.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

It's too bad he couldn't have at least middled what he was last year vs. what he's been this year.

I still feel it was an absolutely defensible extension.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Also, very small sample size, but he's given up 16 goals in in the 8 games where Brodin/Faber/Spurgeon/Middleton were all playing, with a .920 save %.