How do we get rid of Bobrovsky?

[FrolikFan67]

Crazy question.

Since we’re “stuck” with Bob, feeling ok with Driedger, and...who knows, maybe another goalie like Montembeault can step up and be good because goalies are weird that way (happened with Driedger)...

What if we can get a very good offensive player for Knight? Jack Eichel, maybe? Goalies are volatile as we’ve seen over the years. Heck, the last great goalie prospect we had (Markstrom) did nothing for us.

Adding another elite talent to the current team would be amazing.

teams don’t trade 24yr old star centerman under contract for goalie prospects. I’d do that in a heartbeat, love knights development but goalies are still unpredictable and you don’t need a world beater to win. If you get a player of that caliber for him you obviously do it, but they’d have to take salary back and they’d never do it in general anyways unfortunately

 

[CursedCats]

teams don’t trade 24yr old star centerman under contract for goalie prospects. I’d do that in a heartbeat, love knights development but goalies are still unpredictable and you don’t need a world beater to win. If you get a player of that caliber for him you obviously do it, but they’d have to take salary back and they’d never do it in general anyways unfortunately

I don’t think it would be a 1-for-1 trade. I meant including Knight in a trade package for a guy like Eichel.

 

[FinlandPanther]

DELETE.

 

[Android 16]

Hope that Zito's a magician.

 

[RogerRoger]

Nah, Yandle in the lineup in the first place is another venue for "excuses", and these excuses are again go back to cap mgmt. They just have to keep playing players who do not live up to their contracts because of their dollar amount. Buyout Bob and Yandle, maybe Connolly too, and let's see how Zito can assemble a competitive team.

Yandle being 6th is fine, overplaying Yandle because of his salary was and would still be idiotic.

If you considered the cap it would be obvious why

Ego driven decision like you advocate for is how this loser franchise remains the laughing stock of the NHL. It's pathetic to give so much playing time to such a bad player, the Rangers didn't play Redden on the first pair because he was paid 6.5M. No, he was in the AHL because that's the level of play he was at. Decisions like these are why this franchise has been by far the worst in the league over the past 20 years.

Agreed. ~$3mil for Driedger would make it so that the combined cap hit for goalies would reserve about 17% of the entire cap. Doesn't sound like mr. smart money Zito would opt for that kind of a route.
There's way to many backups/fringe NHL goalies in the FA market coupled with the fact that Monty and Bednard could be options as well at that time.

I can't wait to roll in next season with Bob+Monty, we may break the record for goals against in a season

 

[Android 16]

I like Monty, but still don't trust the guy in net. Not looking forward to a full season with him.

 

[BabyBennettov]

Bob with 3.05 GAA and .897 SVP in about 9 games...

If he gets a shutout of 30 saves in the next game... His stats would look like 2.74 GAA and .908 SVP !

Maybe not 10M good, but still much better than his last year !

Hope he can sustain the level of performance he showed in Dallas and in a couple of other games this year...

Maybe the beast is healing !

 

[IceKitties]

I noticed he's at .897 SV% on the season too... Manifesting over .900 SV% for Bob

 

[Wander]

Doesn't look too bad right now. There's hope!

 

[Dread Clawz]

Doesn't look too bad right now. There's hope!

He hasn't been bad at all this season. His numbers are more reflecting his play now. If not for a 6-5 otl collapse and a 6-1 drubbing by Tampa where his team hung him out to dry, he'd be above league average.

 

[CHGoalie27]

He hasn't been bad at all this season. His numbers are more reflecting his play now. If not for a 6-5 otl collapse and a 6-1 drubbing by Tampa where his team hung him out to dry, he'd be above league average.

alas another example showing the problem with stat lumping

 

[Jefe302]

Is it possible to sell off portions of his contract for picks for example:

Florida gets: Detroit 7th in 2021
Detroit gets: Bob and Florida 2nd + 3rd 2021

Then they turn around and trade back only Detroit retains some salary.

Florida gets: Bob (minus $2 million retention)
Detroit gets: Detroit’s 7th in 2021 back

Basically sell picks for Bobs contract. Then do it again with another team. If we could do that and get Bob’s contract down to $6 that would help if no one wants to keep him.

It would take trust with the GMs because if Zito said no I changed my mind the other team would be screwed.

 

[Chessarmy]

Is it possible to sell off portions of his contract for picks for example:

Florida gets: Detroit 7th in 2021
Detroit gets: Bob and Florida 2nd + 3rd 2021

Then they turn around and trade back only Detroit retains some salary.

Florida gets: Bob (minus $2 million retention)
Detroit gets: Detroit’s 7th in 2021 back

Basically sell picks for Bobs contract. Then do it again with another team. If we could do that and get Bob’s contract down to $6 that would help if no one wants to keep him.

It would take trust with the GMs because if Zito said no I changed my mind the other team would be screwed.

That’s intriguing. Has anything like this ever happened before? Something tells me the league would step in and put a stop to it

 

[RogerRoger]

He hasn't been bad at all this season. His numbers are more reflecting his play now. If not for a 6-5 otl collapse and a 6-1 drubbing by Tampa where his team hung him out to dry, he'd be above league average.

If you take away the worst 20% of pretty much any goalie, they'll look decent enough.

Is it possible to sell off portions of his contract for picks for example:

Florida gets: Detroit 7th in 2021
Detroit gets: Bob and Florida 2nd + 3rd 2021

Then they turn around and trade back only Detroit retains some salary.

Florida gets: Bob (minus $2 million retention)
Detroit gets: Detroit’s 7th in 2021 back

Basically sell picks for Bobs contract. Then do it again with another team. If we could do that and get Bob’s contract down to $6 that would help if no one wants to keep him.

It would take trust with the GMs because if Zito said no I changed my mind the other team would be screwed.

You can't.

 

[Dread Clawz]

If you take away the worst 20% of pretty much any goalie, they'll look decent enough.

Lol horrible take.

Yes, if you take away all the games where his team played like clowns in front of him, he looks decent enough. Shocker.

Funny you say this on the night he single handedly got the Panthers a point.

 

[I am not exposed]

Lol horrible take.

Yes, if you take away all the games where his team played like clowns in front of him, he looks decent enough. Shocker.

Funny you say this on the night he single handedly got the Panthers a point.

You could say that for any goaltender in the league pretty much. Newsflash, Bob is being paid to me a difference maker when we do play like clowns in front of him. He hasn't done it very often so far in his Panthers career.

So yeah, horrible take by you.

 

[I am not exposed]

He hasn't been bad at all this season. His numbers are more reflecting his play now. If not for a 6-5 otl collapse and a 6-1 drubbing by Tampa where his team hung him out to dry, he'd be above league average.

He's had a couple of decent games. Incredible. Exciting that he is now above .900% from last season. What an achievement. Can't wait until he's above league average! A lot of the games he was bad actually. The continued excuses for this guy are mind-blowing.

 

[Dread Clawz]

You could say that for any goaltender in the league pretty much. Newsflash, Bob is being paid to me a difference maker when we do play like clowns in front of him. He hasn't done it very often so far in his Panthers career.

So yeah, horrible take by you.

If you guys keep getting hung up on his contract, you'll always be disappointed. Yeah, he isn't worth 10M. The sky is also blue.

 

[Dread Clawz]

He's had a couple of decent games. Incredible. Exciting that he is now above .900% from last season. What an achievement. Can't wait until he's above league average! A lot of the games he was bad actually. The continued excuses for this guy are mind-blowing.

He's already above league average.

No, he's been pretty decent and consistent all season. A lot of posters here overreact to his goals allowed and just see what they want to see and whatever fits their narrative.

 

[I am not exposed]

If you guys keep getting hung up on his contract, you'll always be disappointed. Yeah, he isn't worth 10M. The sky is also blue.

Not hung up on. Just pointing it out. He's worth a backup contract at the moment. Him making what Dreidger currently makes would be more appropriate.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Not hung up on. Just pointing it out. He's worth a backup contract at the moment. Him making what Dreidger currently makes would be more appropriate.

Ok? So?

 

[I am not exposed]

He's already above league average.

No, he's been pretty decent and consistent all season. A lot of posters here overreact to his goals allowed and just see what they want to see and whatever fits their narrative.

Pretty rich coming from you considering you stated just a couple of weeks ago how you purposely defend Bob to the extreme just for the sake of it. And he has not been decent and consistent all season.

 

[I am not exposed]

Ok? So?

So he hasn't been very good and his performance so far is akin to a backup goaltender.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Pretty rich coming from you considering you stated just a couple of weeks ago how you purposely defend Bob to the extreme just for the sake of it. And he has not been decent and consistent all season.

Yes I defend Bob on one extreme because of posts like yours on the other extreme.

 

[Dread Clawz]

So he hasn't been very good and his performance so far is akin to a backup goaltender.

Well his numbers say he has been average or better.