Nice post.
In your opinion if Pickard preforms well, could he steal a job from Elliott or Neuvirth?
Toronto loses big time.
Lost both Mc and Pickard. Both are capable of being starters.
Sparks is just awful.
He could steal either's job. It would just take him playing well in his early starts and Elliott not. Neuvirth is too injury prone to put any faith in and I'm sure the management feels the same.
So, who are the Marlies' goalies this season, then?
Their starter from last year is now the Leafs' backup, and their backup is now in Philly.
Couple rookies tending the twine for the defending champs, I guess. No other option, unless they grab another goalie if Sparks flounders, and send him down.
All this doom and gloom talk about "What if Andersen gets hurt...playoffs could be in jeopardy" is non-sense and not a Leafs-specific problem. 90% of the teams in the league will seriously effected if their starter goes down for an extended period of time.
Not to mention, while I'm a big fan of Mac and Pickard, the guy they kept to play 20 games just won the Calder and AHL Vezina.
It's fine. The sun will rise tomorrow.
Exactly. Their back-up is kicking in the door about to take his job.And the other 10% probably have a starter who was not that good in the first place...
And given they are both UFA's at the end of the season, it wouldn't be surprising if management just buried one of Elliott or Neuvirth if they feel Pickard is a better long-term option. Would you as a Flyers fan say that is accurate?
Pickard would only be considered a long term back up option. The future of the flyers crease belongs to Carter Hart.
Right. But still a longer term option than Elliott or Neuvirth is what I meant. Like next year, could we see Hart and Pickard split the crease, and then Hart take on the full role afterwards?
Toronto loses big time.
Lost both Mc and Pickard. Both are capable of being starters.
Sparks is just awful.
Hate to defend the Leafs but every team is ****** if its top 2 goalies suck/get injuredHaha. First move I hate by Leafs management in almost 3 years. If Andersen gets hurt and Sparks sucks they are done. Leafs go from good goalie depth to ****.
I remember Leafs fans saying that TML will wait until the last moment when all teams have their roster complete to waive Pikard and Mc, this way nobody will claim them... I guess that worked perfectly.
Possibility, if he plays well. When you said 'long term' i assumed you meant well beyond the next two years.
That being said, the flyers will still have stolarz next year, and Felix Sandstrom will likely be coming over to the AHL next year as well. I can't see pickard being in town for much longer than 3 years in the best case scenario for him.
Hate to defend the Leafs but every team is ****** if its top 2 goalies suck/get injured
Fair enough. Only really wondeirng about this year anyway
My suspicion is that other Leaf fans shouldn't count on Pickard becoming available on waivers again this year for us to take back and stash directly to our AHL team.
And given they are both UFA's at the end of the season, it wouldn't be surprising if management just buried one of Elliott or Neuvirth if they feel Pickard is a better long-term option. Would you as a Flyers fan say that is accurate?
No shot? 1 game in the NHL 0.857 SV percentage.