Post-Game Talk: GM 41: Canucks def. Sens - 4-2 (Schmidt, Boeser, Pearson, Miller)

[bandwagonesque]

I could easily see Seattle taking Myers or Holtby. Myers is only owed a little over $4mm a season for the remainder of his deal.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

I can't see the team leaving Myers exposed, especially when they traded for Bowey to fill the requirements of the ED. Even if he was exposed I have a hard time seeing Seattle taking on that contract.

I dont think that contract would be an issue for an expansion team at all...They have money to spend...Its not like they have a whole whack of RFA'a coming up?

Myers has another 3 years..I dont see him regressing a whole lot .

but again, thats my opinion...Whether the canucks do , or not..is another story.

 

[4Twenty]

Myers is owed $5m bonuses in 2 of the next 3 seasons.

 

[bandwagonesque]

Myers is owed $5m bonuses in 2 of the next 3 seasons.

Myers will be paid one of those bonuses before the expansion draft takes place. Afterward he will be owed $13mm over three seasons.

 

[Johnny Canucker]

No goalie has the reaction speed to initiate a save selection after the release.

Goalie's job - among so many other things including putting up with ignorant takes - is to read the blade and the release and then initiate the save selection upon release.

Sure, sometimes a goalie gets lucky and the deflection slows the puck enough to react, or the deflection still hits them. It's a probability/numbers game in that case, size and positioning make a big difference.

But keep at keeping at it Johnny, you know I love your takes.

no goalie should have to save a puck that changes direction. You’re right. They never happen. Why aren’t games 25-23 by the end of the game? Weird.

 

[Johnny Canucker]

It changes direction and speed and flutters through the air erratically. It's like trying to catch a butterfly in your hand.

If Ralph Maccio can catch a fly with chopsticks, a goalie can stop a puck that changes directions.

 

[Zippgunn]

If Ralph Maccio can catch a fly with chopsticks, a goalie can stop a puck that changes directions.

Why do I have the feeling that if that goal goes in on Demko you cut him slack? I've played goal, trust me nothing screws a guy up worse than a change up that changes direction. But whatever I get it, you don't think much of Holtby's recent play, fine...

 

[Johnny Canucker]

Why do I have the feeling that if that goal goes in on Demko you cut him slack? I've played goal, trust me nothing screws a guy up worse than a change up that changes direction. But whatever I get it, you don't think much of Holtby's recent play, fine...

Well I mean there it is. If you have trouble tracking a deflection from 50 feet out, I can’t see an NHL goalie doing it.

 

[4Twenty]

I can find zero information that suggests signing bonuses for the next season are paid out before free agency opens.

 

[Zippgunn]

Well I mean there it is. If you have trouble tracking a deflection from 50 feet out, I can’t see an NHL goalie doing it.

Sure they do it but expecting them to do it 100% of the time is unrealistic. I guess you want Holtby to be perfect, fine. Demko better be perfect too, right?