Waived: Hutch Waived

[ToDavid]

Dubas gave him more than enough of a chance. He’s a Ahl’er from here on in it seems. A good Ahl’er likely. Just couldn’t keep his composure when the heat turned on in general. Good luck Hutch.

Marlies could use some decent goaltending if he can recover his AHL form from a couple years ago.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Leafs gave up their 2020 5th round pick to acquire Hutchinson from Florida, and I would be surprised if any team claimed Hutchinson for free today.

Its almost like Florida knowingly gave Leafs a boat anchor to help drag them down in this years head to head playoff race.

Head to Head Hutchinson gave up 4 goals in an 8-4 Florida win, and gave up 4 goals including 3 in the 3rd for a 3rd period collapse in a 5-3 Panthers win.. Hutchinson delivering on return of 4 points for his former team against them in this years playoff race.

If the final results are Florida is IN and Leafs are OUT then that would have been a successful sabotage and they will have our draft pick as salt in the wound as a double whammy.

Lets hope it doesn't come to this and despite the boat anchor, Leafs prevail and beat out the Panthers for that #3 playoff spot in the Atlantic.

If Florida was that good at evaluating goalies, they wouldn't have given Bob that contract. Hutchinson was never a good goalie, but his play this year is a new level of low

 

[GoonieFace]

I'm shocked this didn't work out.

 

[Metroid]

Leafs gave up their 2020 5th round pick to acquire Hutchinson from Florida, and I would be surprised if any team claimed Hutchinson for free today.

Its almost like Florida knowingly gave Leafs a boat anchor to help drag them down in this years head to head playoff race.

Head to Head Hutchinson gave up 4 goals in an 8-4 Florida win, and gave up 4 goals including 3 in the 3rd for a 3rd period collapse in a 5-3 Panthers win.. Hutchinson delivering on return of 4 points for his former team against them in this years playoff race.

If the final results are Florida is IN and Leafs are OUT then that would have been a successful sabotage and they will have our draft pick as salt in the wound as a double whammy.

Lets hope it doesn't come to this and despite the boat anchor, Leafs prevail and beat out the Panthers for that #3 playoff spot in the Atlantic.

Lol that's some next level tin foil hat shit!

 

[bodechek]

Does this mean Woll will be sent to the Growlers to keep getting starts?

I doubt it. The AHL is a development league and Hutch has hit his ceiling. At best, he will be there be a veteran presence as a third string goalie getting the odd start. I don't see why you would take out Woll or Kaskisuo for someone who has been kicking around for along time.

 

[2 Slick]

He had a few good games, but a few isn't good enough. Close to 4 GAA and .880-ish save percentage in 14-15 games? Yeah, he was given enough chances.

Good professional, likable, but not reliable to get the job done.

Edited for spelling typo

 

[Liferleafer]

Nice guy, not an NHL caliber goalie.

 

[landeskog11]

thank-you Michael!!

 

[ITM]

Seems like a good dude, just not an NHL goalie.

Fare the well Hutch

Was going to say something similar.

His debut for Winnipeg had me thinking he was going to be a very good goalie in the NHL.

Wish him all the best wherever he lands,

 

[Clark4Ever]

The contrast Hutch created has me thinking Campbell is the second coming of Christ.

Well his initials are J.C.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Marlies could use some decent goaltending if he can recover his AHL form from a couple years ago.

No, they really can't. Kaskisuo is better than Hutch, and he's not playing over a prospect in Woll.

Hutch has no place left in this organization, so I say trade him for depth in a different area.

 

[ToDavid]

No, they really can't. Kaskisuo is better than Hutch, and he's not playing over a prospect in Woll.

Hutch has no place left in this organization, so I say trade him for depth in a different area.

I know we're all frustrated with Hutch but there's really nothing that suggests Kaskisuo is better and there's nothing wrong with Woll being a starter with the Growlers.

 

[Ciao]

I am truly disappointed that it didn't work out. It would have been a nice heart warming story -- nice guy from Barrie comes home and fits in as the backup goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs -- but it just wasn't meant to be.

I never had the sense he couldn't do this, but just that he didn't do it. Either way it doesn't matter because the Leafs needed to stabilize that position. He didn't do that so they had to find someone else.

He's young enough that he could still carve out an NHL career -- unlikely as that is. By contrast, as time went by watching Garret Sparks I came to conclusion he just doesn't have the reflexes and natural ability to do this. With Michael Hutchinson I've never that way, but only that for one reason or another he just didn't do it even if he were capable of doing the job. The best I can hope for him is that he will get another chance somewhere else.

Otherwise, this is his fifth season on one-way NHL contracts that have paid him more than $5 million over the course of his career, and that's nothing to sneeze at. Should we all be so blessed.

 

[Rob Brown]

Leafs gave up their 2020 5th round pick to acquire Hutchinson from Florida, and I would be surprised if any team claimed Hutchinson for free today.

Its almost like Florida knowingly gave Leafs a boat anchor to help drag them down in this years head to head playoff race.

Head to Head Hutchinson gave up 4 goals in an 8-4 Florida win, and gave up 4 goals including 3 in the 3rd for a 3rd period collapse in a 5-3 Panthers win.. Hutchinson delivering on return of 4 points for his former team against them in this years playoff race.

If the final results are Florida is IN and Leafs are OUT then that would have been a successful sabotage and they will have our draft pick as salt in the wound as a double whammy.

Lets hope it doesn't come to this and despite the boat anchor, Leafs prevail and beat out the Panthers for that #3 playoff spot in the Atlantic.

This is hilarious.

 

[Legendary]

Give it some time and the headline will be replaced with ‘Campbell’

 

[CelticDruid]

Hes where he should be now. A #3 who you can return to in a pinch for short term injury replacement

Monty Python Body parts skit

"Send up Hutchinson we need an arm and a leg"

 

[qqaz]

If Hutch wants to continue to play after this season, he will probably be bound for Europe.

I actually think he sticks around in the AHL for a while. There's always team that ends up relying on their 3rd or 4th string goalie for a stretch, every season. So teams like to keep these borderline NHL guys in their system in case of extreme emergency.

That's why guys like Hammond and Forsberg sign every year for the minimum. Just looked it up, and there's a bunch more in the same boat like Legace, Wedgewood, Berube, Bibeau, Pickard, Stolarz. They could be pressed into a stretch of NHL games and not sink the year, so organizations stash them away.

Remember when Budaj held the Kings it in for like 50 games even though he was out of the league for like 2 years before that? Every team wants a potential Budaj as their #4.

 

[TheProspector]

Leafs gave up their 2020 5th round pick to acquire Hutchinson from Florida, and I would be surprised if any team claimed Hutchinson for free today.

Its almost like Florida knowingly gave Leafs a boat anchor to help drag them down in this years head to head playoff race.

Head to Head Hutchinson gave up 4 goals in an 8-4 Florida win, and gave up 4 goals including 3 in the 3rd for a 3rd period collapse in a 5-3 Panthers win.. Hutchinson delivering on return of 4 points for his former team against them in this years playoff race.

If the final results are Florida is IN and Leafs are OUT then that would have been a successful sabotage and they will have our draft pick as salt in the wound as a double whammy.

Lets hope it doesn't come to this and despite the boat anchor, Leafs prevail and beat out the Panthers for that #3 playoff spot in the Atlantic.

lol

Lay off that good weed, Mess. That is some serious paranoid conspiracy theorising right there.

 

[moon111]

Well his initials are J.C.

Is ice considered walking on water?

 

[Joey Hoser]

That's what happens when you play goalie backwards.

 

[Joey Hoser]

lol

Lay off that good weed, Mess. That is some serious paranoid conspiracy theorising right there.

I'd leave him alone. At this point I'm pretty sure he's actually lost it. All he does now is present delusional, nutty takes on our impending doom, and he's full of glee while doing it. He's gone mad, and he's a few posts away from full Mark Hamill's Joker, without the wit.

 

[Ratboy]

Is ice considered walking on water?

Technically yes. Just a different form of it.

Anyway I feel bad for the guy I wanted him to do well but he just doesn't have the chops. His five hole is pretty weak.

I could see him ending up in Europe and there's no shame in that.

 

[egd27]

I'm shocked this didn't work out.

The important thing is not to assign any blame. it was just an unfortunate personnel decision.

 

[Suntouchable13]

I am still amused at how people were pinning for Hutch when Sparks was horrible last year. I mean, we all knew that Hutch is not very good either.

 

[LeafSteel]

Hutch can take solace in the fact he is better than Glenn Healy, who is a legend in his own mind.....

..... and McBackup waves hello to everyone, with a 1 finger salute to Dubas....... but Campbell is a better long term solution for us as a backup.