Well, it's a discussion board and the whole thing got started because I posted my opinion and then got immediately ascribed saying things that I never said (in fact, I said the exact opposite), with the intent of that unrelated thing being to somehow discredit my opinion on the topic at hand, i.e. Neuvirth.The argument seems pointless. Neuvirth has gone up and down as a starter and back up. We have him as a back up. We now have a goalie that has starter POTENTIAL as our backup. Almost everyone else people have named as options or as available goalies this summer besides jones and talbot are nothing more then back ups. and if we went for either of those to add to our goalie tandem it would be costly.
For a back up goalie standpoint the only better we could have got was neimi. Pretty sure 1.5 mil or whatever for a backup who can start is a better option then old expensive niemi
You know when there's a crazy guy on the side of the road yelling absurdities and the best thing to do is ignore them and hurry past? This is the same thing.
So basically I shouldn't post in signings threads unless I agree with the signings? If you see my first post, I wasn't the one who derailed the thread. My post was fully on topic. The responses to it weren't.Seriously. Just derailing threads left and right with this "I don't like this guy" BS.
This is great. Thought Neuvirth was going to get over 2 million.
Best Flyers goalie tandem since...?
Hextall said Neuvirth's likely going to start more games than your average backup so they can keep Mason fresher.
This guy would rather have Viktor Fasth than Neuvirth
Interesting. A few weeks ago, I've read an interview with Neuvirth in the Czech media, in which Neuvy seemed quite confident to go and get a starting job (quoted saying he will be ready to start in 65 games).
Hextall's plan seems like a fine trade-off, might have tipped the weighs in our favor
There were no jobs to contend for.
Year after year we've seen goalies/agents screw themselves mis-reading the market. There's not enough seats at the table for everybody.
This is great. Thought Neuvirth was going to get over 2 million.
Best Flyers goalie tandem since...?
Last 3 seasons:
Overall sv%:
Neuvirth: .915 (60 gp)
Griess: .915 (51 gp)
Ramo: .912 (74 gp)
Enroth: .908 (90 gp)
Fasth: .904 (63 gp)
Gustavsson: .904 (41 gp)
Lindback: .902 (73 gp)
Ellis: .897 (47 gp)
5v5 sv%:
Neuvirth: .923
Griess: .923
Enorth .922
Ramo: .919
Gustavsson: .915
Lindback: .909
Fasth: .909
Ellis: .904
Career:
Griess: .913 (89 gp)
Neuvirth: .912 (168 gp)
Enroth: .909 (131 gp)
Ellis: .906 (212 gp)
Ramo: .905 (122 gp)
Lindback: .905 (111 gp)
Fasth: .904 (63 gp)
Gustavsson: .901 (148 gp)
I know which one I would want... I actually thought Neuvirth was a pipe-dream as he would command too much, hence me wanting Greiss most of last year.
Whatever. Not a fan of Neuvirth and this move. I would've preferred Hextall not to have signed him, but the deal itself is pretty reasonable and he's a decent backup. He's definitely better than Emery, but I still wish he'd go away. Oh well.
There were no jobs to contend for.
Year after year we've seen goalies/agents screw themselves mis-reading the market. There's not enough seats at the table for everybody.