Roster Moves: Flyers claim Pickard off Waivers

[Curufinwe]

So now we have 6 goalies on contract when Neuvirth & Lyon come back. I don’t really get it.

Neuvirth will surely be waived when he's healthy, so the Phantoms will have four goalies when him and Lyon are fit.

 

[Embiid]

I'd like to see them go with Stolarz to be honest. Let him finally prove himself or play himself off the roster.

Never thought Stolarz had much of a future here....seems to be going that way now.

 

[Spirit of 67]

I don’t know if they put Stolarz on waivers or not but Neuvirth & Lyon should be starting the season on IR so you’d have to wait a while on them.

Well we have to give Sparks time to fall flat on his face.

So the timing should be perfect.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Maybe Neuvirth's injury is worse than first anticipated or maybe Hextall is ready to say enough with him.

It definitely could be, but I can't shake the optics of the re-signing with a raise coming off of a dreadful year. It would surprise me, but I don't know if it should.

 

[baudib1]

This is a shit move.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Make no sense..... Unless Stolie and Neuvy are both Gone and not coming back!!

I do like Pickard tho

Elliot/Pickard

Phantoms

Hart/Lyon

Neivy Stolie Gonzo

 

[Curufinwe]

This is a **** move.

Why? He's a better backup goalie option right now than Neuvirth or Stolarz.

 

[Beef Invictus]

HA. Looks like Toronto will be waiting another half century for a Cup.

 

[FlyTimmo]

Maybe if we fuse them all together we get a super goalie?

If I got to choose the attributes, I'd want that goalie to have the body of Hart, the positioning of Hart, the speed of Hart and the IQ of Hart.

 

[deadhead]

Pickard has actual NHL experience, two solid years as a backup in Colorado, before a bad season as a starter in 2016-17 (but Varlamov actually played worse that season, Colorado was a clusterf that year).
Has played better in the AHL than either Stolarz or Lyon, and is the same age with real NHL experience.

Won't surprise me if he's the backup goalie this year.
Stolarz gets waived and goes back to the AHL.
Pickard gets a 30 day tryout until Lyon is off the IR, then Hextall decides which one to waive.
Neuvirth gets waived but no one picks him up b/c of his salary.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Pickard signed multiple years or RFA ?

If he can turn out, maybe a Hart Pickard combo next year ??

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Soooooo the Neuvirth injury is the only reason Weise was Waived, isn't it?

 

[BernieParent]

It definitely could be, but I can't shake the optics of the re-signing with a raise coming off of a dreadful year. It would surprise me, but I don't know if it should.

True enough but I would doubt that the issue would be Neuvirth's abilities. The fact that he embarked on an off-season regimen to overcome his chronic groin problems, only to get injured before the season even starts, would be pretty damning against his reliability. I don't know much at all about Picard's game, but he costs nothing, Elliott is no stranger to injury, and Stolarz still has a lot to prove about health.

 

[BernieParent]

Pickard has actual NHL experience, two solid years as a backup in Colorado, before a bad season as a starter in 2016-17 (but Varlamov actually played worse that season, Colorado was a clusterf that year).
Has played better in the AHL than either Stolarz or Lyon, and is the same age with real NHL experience.

Won't surprise me if he's the backup goalie this year.
Stolarz gets waived and goes back to the AHL.
Pickard gets a 30 day tryout until Lyon is off the IR, then Hextall decides which one to waive.
Neuvirth gets waived but no one picks him up b/c of his salary.

Pretty much this. It is a shame about Neuvirth; when he is healthy and on his game, I trust him a lot more than Elliott.

 

[deadhead]

Stolarz may not be 100% until the spring, and the Flyers are fighting to make the playoffs, he's not a luxury they can afford.
He'll go to LHV and show that he's recovered before he gets another NHL shot.
Now they have the option of waiving Pickard when Lyon is ready, or waiving Lyon and keeping Pickard.
Since this option costs them exactly nothing (except Pickard's salary), why not?

 

[Rebels57]

If I got to choose the attributes, I'd want that goalie to have the body of Hart, the positioning of Hart, the speed of Hart and the IQ of Hart.

Hart with Sandstroms post-to-post movement would win multiple Vezinas.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I was wondering if they would claim Pickard.

No surprise.

They don’t want to start the season out West with Elliott, who is coming back from offseason surgery, & Stolarz, who not only is coming off missing almost the entire season with 2 knee surgeries, but also is unproven as to how he’ll rebound from those surgeries, let alone at the NHL level where he’s unproven.

It makes perfect sense to prefer Pickard as the backup.

This could very well spell the end for Neuvirth & Lyon, though (depending on if they like Pickard more than Neuvirth, & Stolarz more than Lyon).

 

[Curufinwe]

Soooooo the Neuvirth injury is the only reason Weise was Waived, isn't it?

Neuvirth will be on IR. Stolarz will have to be on the opening roster.

13 F, 7 D, 3 G.

 

[deadhead]

I also think Hextall was being proactive, he didn't want to find out that Elliott wasn't 100%, Stolarz wasn't NHL ready, and Lyon and Neuvirth would take longer than expected to heal and find himself having to pay for another Mrazek to stay in the playoff race in late October.

 

[Jray42]

Can’t be any worse than Mrazek was

 

[MarAlain MongYeo]

Im usually not one to brag but ayyyyyyy

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Can’t be any worse than Mrazek was

i predict he'll fair exactly the same...

 

[FlyTimmo]

Hart with Sandstroms post-to-post movement would win multiple Vezinas.

I know, I was just joking of course. Hart's IQ/Positioning, Sandstrom's athleticism, Stolarz's size. You have a potential generational goaltender there.

 

[David St Hubbins]