Claimed off Waivers: Florida claims Antti Niemi

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Bet this won't be the first time Niemi gets claimed off waivers this season.

 

[dogbazinho]

Some teams just want to see the world burn.

 

[MMC]

Bet this won't be the first time Niemi gets claimed off waivers this season.

It was the first time.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

It was the first time.

Of many.

 

[uncleben]

For those interested, this cost Florida $7,500, paid to Pittsburgh and not counted against the cap.

 

[Albatros]

Good pick, cheap and experienced.

 

[HockeyTS32]

So I got a question for all the pens fans out there (or any that have watched the games Niemi played in) and please answer honestly....How much of his crappy stats this year has to do with him not being on his game vs his teammates not helping him out?

If I'm not mistaken, every single game he played in this year was on the back end of a back to back. All of which against good teams. People can look at his stats all they want and say his GAA and SV% are awful, which they are, but the fact remains there could be other factors for his abysmal numbers this year. Again, I haven't watched any of the games in which he has started....just trying understand if he's really been terrible or he just hasn't gotten much help in front of him.

For instance, his first game...Pitt only scored 1 goal...I do see from the game report he let in 4 of 13...but how many of those 4 goals were really on him?

Also, the last game he played, Pitt only scored 1 goals..so they didn't really help him out too much offensively. How many of the goals against were really on him vs his teammates not helping him?

 

[MintyFresh88]

So I got a question for all the pens fans out there (or any that have watched the games Niemi played in) and please answer honestly....How much of his crappy stats this year has to do with him not being on his game vs his teammates not helping him out?

If I'm not mistaken, every single game he played in this year was on the back end of a back to back. All of which against good teams. People can look at his stats all they want and say his GAA and SV% are awful, which they are, but the fact remains there could be other factors for his abysmal numbers this year. Again, I haven't watched any of the games in which he has started....just trying understand if he's really been terrible or he just hasn't gotten much help in front of him.

For instance, his first game...Pitt only scored 1 goal...I do see from the game report he let in 4 of 13...but how many of those 4 goals were really on him?

Also, the last game he played, Pitt only scored 1 goals..so they didn't really help him out too much offensively. How many of the goals against were really on him vs his teammates not helping him?

It's a good point to bring up. I mentioned earlier about Murray's stats, it's honestly a miracle he has the record he has with those numbers. Not many other teams in the league would be able to pull out wins like they have under those circumstances. He's 5-0-1 while ranking 38th in GAA and 35th in SV%.

 

[Beville]

I don’t see it being long... I see him being waived when FLA realise he’s rubbish too.

 

[WayneSid9987]

Despite the lopsided score, he had some nice stops in his latest game vs Tampa but that was after letting in 4.

 

[CamPopplestone]

He's probably there to ride the bench so that they aren't just sitting a younger goalie.

 

[torniojaws]

If he gets waived again, the only remaining option is Vegas due to injuries. Then it's off to Europe and retirement after winning some local league.

E:
Subban is in Vegas now...

 

[VanJack]

How does this guy do it?.....he's been terrible for years now, but somebody always seems willing to roll the dice on him.

 

[Boltswin]

There is no Reimer reason for this pickup

Is that a Reimer pun?

 

[Zen Arcade]

Niemi IS an AHL goalie

No he's not. I've seen the Pens start AHL goalies before: John Curry, Brad Thiessen, Rich Parent, Jeff Zatkoff, Dany Sabourin. He's easily worse than all of them.

You could put a chair in the crease and lay a goalie stick across it and get better results. I almost said two chairs but I like giving opposing fans a fair assessment of the players their team has acquired and I didn't want to oversell him.

 

[BlueBaron]

He will be waived again a week or two e5

And be grabbed by Vegas who will in turn waive him again shortly after.

 

[deakka]

It's a good point to bring up. I mentioned earlier about Murray's stats, it's honestly a miracle he has the record he has with those numbers. Not many other teams in the league would be able to pull out wins like they have under those circumstances. He's 5-0-1 while ranking 38th in GAA and 35th in SV%.

Remove the Chicago game when he was thrown in there after 10 minutes to replace Niemi and his stats are pretty good. That one game will scew his stats for a long time.

 

[Brock Radunske]

Florida claims Niemi is what?
Washed up?
Bad at hockey?
What?!?

 

[varano]

I'm pretty disappointed. I've never played in net and I'd be a better option than Niemi. Was hoping for my big break

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Praise the lord! We definitely owe Dale a beer.

 

[Mikeshane]

I literally bust out laughing when I saw this on tv.

 

[Dying Alive]

So I got a question for all the pens fans out there (or any that have watched the games Niemi played in) and please answer honestly....How much of his crappy stats this year has to do with him not being on his game vs his teammates not helping him out?

If I'm not mistaken, every single game he played in this year was on the back end of a back to back. All of which against good teams. People can look at his stats all they want and say his GAA and SV% are awful, which they are, but the fact remains there could be other factors for his abysmal numbers this year. Again, I haven't watched any of the games in which he has started....just trying understand if he's really been terrible or he just hasn't gotten much help in front of him.

For instance, his first game...Pitt only scored 1 goal...I do see from the game report he let in 4 of 13...but how many of those 4 goals were really on him?

Also, the last game he played, Pitt only scored 1 goals..so they didn't really help him out too much offensively. How many of the goals against were really on him vs his teammates not helping him?

He did get the tail end of back to backs and they were against good teams but he was also flat-out bad in his starts. It's not like picking him up off of waivers is going to singlehandedly sink the Panthers season or anything but I wouldn't expect to win any games that he starts at this point. Not only is he not playing well, his confidence understandably looks shot.

 

[Bone Breaker]

damn, the race for Dahlin is already intensifying....

 

[uncleben]

If he gets waived again, the only remaining option is Vegas due to injuries. Then it's off to Europe and retirement after winning some local league.

E:
Subban is in Vegas now...

Subban is in Vegas now, but Subban is injured.

They're playing Dansk/Lagace, but McPhee has said they're gonna just roll with that

 

[SSJ3 Lunar]

Man poor Florida.