Claimed off Waivers: Flyers claim Calvin Pickard

[Wingsfan 4 life]

Yahoo Fantasy news suggests he's nonroster because his work visa is not yet settled. I don't know if there's a whiff of truth to it, but that's what they're presuming.


"Calvin Pickard has been designated as a non-roster player. Pickard, who was claimed off waivers from Toronto on Tuesday, presumably has to get his work visa situation settled. However, this designation means he doesn't count against the 23-man roster limit yet."

Could also be contingent on Pickard passing a physical. Even though he already did so with TO, Philly might want to do their own, just to be sure.

 

[Starat327]

Yahoo Fantasy news suggests he's nonroster because his work visa is not yet settled. I don't know if there's a whiff of truth to it, but that's what they're presuming.


"Calvin Pickard has been designated as a non-roster player. Pickard, who was claimed off waivers from Toronto on Tuesday, presumably has to get his work visa situation settled. However, this designation means he doesn't count against the 23-man roster limit yet."

It could be a few different things. The only thing thats certain is that its a temporary designation that he cant be on for very long. Work visa would explain most of it.

Edit: Bill M confirmed it as a visa issue.

 

[Larry44]

Elliot was rock solid for us last year until the moron Hakstol decided to play him 70 million games straight. He burnt out, got injured and couldnt regain form.

Beet farmer Hak did the exact same thing to Mason. Playing multiple back to backs and 3 in 4s. He has 0 idea how to rotate goaltenders.

I've never liked Elliott. For me, he joins 'The Group I Can't Wait To See Leave" with Weise, Macdonald, Lehtera and, of course, Hakstol! I have a feeling that Gudas and JVR will be next to join...

 

[Ace]

What could they have done, though? They had 4 guys fighting for two spots.

They could have made decisions earlier and not waived two guys after other teams had goalie injuries.

 

[airbus220]

They could have made decisions earlier and not waived two guys after other teams had goalie injuries.

Yes, much earlier. They should have known in April what to do.
April would have been a good time to start shopping Andersen and search for a better goalie coach. Playing 66 games is not needed and Andersen isn't good at it either.

 

[nhlfan9191]

Yes, much earlier. They should have known in April what to do.
April would have been a good time to start shopping Andersen and search for a better goalie coach. Playing 66 games is not needed and Andersen isn't good at it either.

I’m a Habs fan and I hate the Leaf’s, but this is a ridiculous statement that I wouldn’t double down on.

 

[mercury]

There's been a Mason smear campaign in Philly for a while. He made some random off-color comment and now people believe he's a cancer.

Dude was the best goalie Philly has had in 15 years and we treat him like he's Robert Esche

Most talented, maybe. But why do people act as if Martin Biron was no good in Philly, when he was a legit #1 during his two full seasons? And, of course, Ray Emery (RIP) looked like a Vezina candidate behind our excellent defense to start off 2009-10, before his hip started dying.

EDIT: To clarify, Bobrovsky clearly was the most talented goalie the Flyers have had post-lockout, but we didn't know at the time he was a Flyer that he would be.

 

[airbus220]

I’m a Habs fan and I hate the Leaf’s, but this is a ridiculous statement that I wouldn’t double down on.

I don't hate the Leafs. Most of my time I spent on the Leafs board when Reimer and Bernier were there and I enjoyed it very much. It made me hate Babcock, and Shanahan is bad too.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Most talented, maybe. But why do people act as if Martin Biron was no good in Philly, when he was a legit #1 during his two full seasons? And, of course, Ray Emery (RIP) looked like a Vezina candidate behind our excellent defense to start off 2009-10, before his hip started dying.

EDIT: To clarify, Bobrovsky clearly was the most talented goalie the Flyers have had post-lockout, but we didn't know at the time he was a Flyer that he would be.

Not even saying most talented. I'm saying based on his actual performance, Steve Mason was the best goalie we had in years for a number of seasons statistically.

 

[Jray42]

Most talented, maybe. But why do people act as if Martin Biron was no good in Philly, when he was a legit #1 during his two full seasons? And, of course, Ray Emery (RIP) looked like a Vezina candidate behind our excellent defense to start off 2009-10, before his hip started dying.

EDIT: To clarify, Bobrovsky clearly was the most talented goalie the Flyers have had post-lockout, but we didn't know at the time he was a Flyer that he would be.

Mason was better than Biron and Emery was a small sample size.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

What could they have done, though? They had 4 guys fighting for two spots.

Weren't we supposed to get some picks from McBackup and/or Pickard, maybe in one of the often mentioned "package deals" that have been proposed here frequently? Are we not disappointed that management didn't leverage these assets into something?

 

[Starat327]

Not even saying most talented. I'm saying based on his actual performance, Steve Mason was the best goalie we had in years for a number of seasons statistically.

Im still baffled by the people who dont appreciate Mason's numbers while in Philly. He was statistically the best goalie we'd had in quite some time - likely going back to the Hextall days. Thats before you consider the tirefire of a defence he had playing in front of him for most of it.

 

[Curufinwe]

For three years Mason was very good.

 

[General Disarray]

I like Pickard. I'm surprised more teams weren't interested.

 

[Tripod]

For three years Mason was very good.

Yeah not sure why this gets ignored.

.944 in his 7 game tryout after the trade
.917 in 61 games
.928 in 51 games
.918 in 54 games
.908 in 58 games

It's really clear he had 1 bad year and unfortunately for him, it came in the contract year.

 

[CraigBillington]

Yeah not sure why this gets ignored.

.944 in his 7 game tryout after the trade
.917 in 61 games
.928 in 51 games
.918 in 54 games
.908 in 58 games

It's really clear he had 1 bad year and unfortunately for him, it came in the contract year.

Though that one down year still got him a 4,100,000 contract

 

[YEM]

Flyers setting up a trade where they exchange 4 goalies out to get one good one?

 

[mercury]

Mason was better than Biron and Emery was a small sample size.

Good Mason was better than all of them. We had long stretches of Bad Mason, though. I mention Biron because he was above-average almost the entire time he was a Flyer.

 

[Dustin]

Any idea when or if he'll get to start?

 

[Flukeshot]

Stolarz placed on waivers... must mean Pickard is ready to go.

Flyers are in Ottawa Oct 10th, after playing SJ at home on the 9th. That's a good opportunity for him to start.

 

[Curufinwe]

Good Mason was better than all of them. We had long stretches of Bad Mason, though. I mention Biron because he was above-average almost the entire time he was a Flyer.

Yup, Biron was a top 10 starter for two years. Then he demanded too much money, the Flyers let him walk, and he was never a starter again.

NHL.com - Stats

 

[The Madrigal]

Im still baffled by the people who dont appreciate Mason's numbers while in Philly. He was statistically the best goalie we'd had in quite some time - likely going back to the Hextall days. Thats before you consider the tirefire of a defence he had playing in front of him for most of it.

Roman Cechmanek says hi.

 

[mercury]

Yup, Biron was a top 10 starter for two years. Then he demanded too much money, the Flyers let him walk, and he was never a starter again.

NHL.com - Stats

He didn't even want that much money, though. That was the thing. I think his agent wanted something like $4 million per. He ended up signing on the Island for $1 or $1.5 million, IIRC.

 

[mja]

Flyers setting up a trade where they exchange 4 goalies out to get one good one?

No, they're going the Voltron route, with 5 goaltenders combining to form one super goaltender.

 

[Haatley]

Mason played 13 whole games last year for the Jets with a .906 SV% and is now out of the league at the age of 30. In his previous season as Flyers starter he went .908, but was below .900 till the final two months of the season.

Elliott had a .909 SV% last year.

Save percentage is a team stat.