Yup. It’s Panarin.
Because Pan = bread.
In April of 2013, Jimmy Howard signed a six year contract worth $5.3M a year. At the time it was the 10th largest salary in the NHL.
10 largest salary on that time with 7th best Starter save percentage on that time. Then went 7-4 at the playoffs after the signing.
Good deal on the signing moment.
Injuries happened afterwards, which made it look bad.
I think Howard was great in his first 2/3 seasons. After that it went downwards.I think Howard has been the most mediocre goalie in the wings philosophy of rostering a goalie that is just good enough to backstop a stacked team. The team shed too much talent for any goalie to hold up, I largely don't blame Howard for much of anything. This team wasn't going to compete no matter how good he was and at times he was genuinely good.
Never been a fan of the contract because I felt the team should have been rebuilding at the time it was signed and also the contract made him nearly untradable due to the cap hit. Howard had also played behind preretirement Lidstrom every season except the shortened one.
I don't think the contract has hurt the team much because the team really never was rebuilding during the majority of its term. All these contracts are finally coming off the books and we have a new GM so yay.
I don't think it was a good deal at all. He didn't even have four full years under his belt, he'd been spotty in the playoffs, and one of his four years was pretty poor.
I might have done 3 x 5.3. But six?
No way.
Not with a hot shot rookie playing well in Grand Rapids.
A lot like Howard.and how has that hot shot goalie in GR fared since... .
A lot like Howard.
Interesting to note.
Playoff records in the six years of Howard's contract.
Howard 1 win vs 4 losses
Mrazek 9 wins vs 11 losses.
And they were playoff frauds the whole time. That's not really a relevant piece of data.
Petr Mrazek was a hot shot because of one weekend tournament. Other than that, he was simply a very good goalie prospect. No different from Petruzelli, Van Pottelberghe, or Larsson.
Well, he was having a strong rookie season in the AHL when Howard signed his contract that April.
So no, that's not true.
You're also ignoring that Mrazek had two very good post-draft seasons in Ottawa.
It's also worth noting that Mrazek, at 20, posted a better save percentage and GAA in GR than Howard every did (Howard did manage to match Mrazek's save percentage in his final year there).
But whatever.
Go ahead and make the case that Jimmy Howard earned his $32M
Well, he was having a strong rookie season in the AHL when Howard signed his contract that April.
So no, that's not true.
You're also ignoring that Mrazek had two very good post-draft seasons in Ottawa.
It's also worth noting that Mrazek, at 20, posted a better save percentage and GAA in GR than Howard every did (Howard did manage to match Mrazek's save percentage in his final year there).
But whatever.
Go ahead and make the case that Jimmy Howard earned his $32M
You're also ignoring that Mrazek had two very good post-draft seasons in Ottawa.
Go ahead and make the case that Jimmy Howard earned his $32M
Goalie of the future yah turd nuggetI cannot understand how obsessed some people on this board are with Mrazek.
By moving Mrazek I guess some fans feel like they were robbed of the great tradition of endless goalie war debates?I cannot understand how obsessed some people on this board are with Mrazek.
I equally can't understand how obsessed some are with Howard? Mediocre at best but many talk about his All Star games as some barometer of good.I cannot understand how obsessed some people on this board are with Mrazek.
Neither one is really a difference maker on this crap team with a dumpster fire defense. Let Stevie fix the defense first.I equally can't understand how obsessed some are with Howard? Mediocre at best but many talk about his All Star games as some barometer of good.