Proposal: Jeff Skinner/Cam Ward

[dats81]

Cam Ward is garbage. He is getting re-signed again and again because of what he once did for his organization but in fact he is barely backup material at this stage of his career.

 

[Curufinwe]

To be fair to the Canes, they signed him to a six year deal in September 2009, and he had three good seasons after that.

But he's been poor since the 2012 lockout and I don't know why they gave him two years at $3.3m on his last deal. That was weird, and now they have to move him or Lack.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I'm pretty sure they've just been thanking him in cash for that Cup.

 

[Curufinwe]

We could have used a starting goalie with a .918 SV% between 09-10 and 11-12.

http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?agg...2012&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,120&sort=savePctg

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Pretty positive he's got a kid with some type of health condition & whatever the university hospital in that area is it's considered one of the best in treating it. I think that's played apart in things there.

I'd imagine if it comes down to it the probably just buyout Lack & roll with Darling/Ward as their goalies next year.

 

[Tripod]

I remember in the signing thread saying that if he was the starter, it was a bad move. They said that his 2nd half was good to which I countered with:

Ward being good in the 2nd half is a myth.

Jan .925 SV% played 5 games
Feb .914 SV% played 10 games
Mar .914 SV% played 8 games
Apr .925 SV% played 2 games

He had a good Jan and April....7 games total. The other months, he was well below average. And the Oct-Dec stats are much worse.

Glad they kept him. He makes them worse.

He has not finished in the top 34 in SV% in any of the last 4 years. NONE

When you are counting on your starter getting it done when he has not been in the top 34 in SV% in the last 4 years, you are in trouble.

We won't be touching Ward.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I wouldn't take Cam Ward for free. If you're going to acquire a bad goalie at least get one that you're paying like a bad goalie.

 

[beetee15]

Pretty positive he's got a kid with some type of health condition & whatever the university hospital in that area is it's considered one of the best in treating it. I think that's played apart in things there.

I'd imagine if it comes down to it the probably just buyout Lack & roll with Darling/Ward as their goalies next year.

yes his son is pretty much legally def all his doctors are in the area for his conclear inplants

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/cam-ward-cochlear-implants-story/

really good stuff if you have the time to read

 

[Rebels57]

I remember in the signing thread saying that if he was the starter, it was a bad move. They said that his 2nd half was good to which I countered with:

Ward being good in the 2nd half is a myth.

Jan .925 SV% played 5 games
Feb .914 SV% played 10 games
Mar .914 SV% played 8 games
Apr .925 SV% played 2 games

He had a good Jan and April....7 games total. The other months, he was well below average. And the Oct-Dec stats are much worse.

Glad they kept him. He makes them worse.

He has not finished in the top 34 in SV% in any of the last 4 years. NONE

When you are counting on your starter getting it done when he has not been in the top 34 in SV% in the last 4 years, you are in trouble.

We won't be touching Ward.

To be fair, .914 is pretty close to average, not well below.

Either way, not interested.

 

[Tripod]

To be fair, .914 is pretty close to average, not well below.

Either way, not interested.

Yeah...I may have been a big harsh, but that year the average starter...so #15 in the league who played more than 40 games, had a .919 SV%.

But yeah, when I re-read it I should have said he was just below average.

But again, it's Cam Ward. He and the Dallas starters have been the worst for awhile and them re-signing him was just dumb.