Sportsnet: Keith Kinkaid Met with Canadiens Today (According to Eric Engels of Sportsnet)
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Was hoping Chicago could snag him for Crawford’s inevitable missed time.
We have 2 really good kids, but I’m not sure they are ready.
We have 2 really good kids, but I’m not sure they are ready.
I'd still love to buy Kinkaid a beer for saving our 2017-18 season. He's a perfectly acceptable backup and a seemingly good guy for the locker room.
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Doesn't have much offense, total one way player.
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Last year was the first time in his pro career, including the AHL, where he posted a below .900 SV%. The Devils being decimated by injuries must be the main reason that his stats took a hit.
I would love it if Habs sign him as Price's back up.
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Unproven at the NHL level, didn't dominate the AHL level, I don't see why they would risk it, if Niemi played like a capable backup last season, the Habs made the playoff.
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Julien said a few days ago in an interview that goaltending was the position to address in free agency. Lindgren is an option but it seems as though the Habs are more so looking to go in the vet backup direction. I’m not sure the team has full confidence Lindgren can handle the load of 30 or so starts and he had a rough go at it when he’s been up in Montreal the last couple years.
Kinkaid would be a cheap, reliable backup. He can pretty easily give 20-30 starts and give his team a chance most nights. Would be a good target for the Habs.
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Rivet52
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I don’t know if he’d get a real shot to start anywhere. There are a few openings but more than a few quality goalies hitting the market. He’s a quality backup and that’s the role he probably keeps. Lehner, Smith, Varlamov, Bobrovsky, McElhinney, Mrazek and Talbot could all be available and there aren’t many starting jobs open.
At this point, he might just not want to be the guy left standing in the proverbial game of goalie musical chairs. Not many #1 spots that aren't already spoken for. Bobrovsky, Lehner, Mrazek, and Smith probably have the inside track to those spots.
Anaheim: Gibson|Miller
Arizona: Kuemper|Raanta
Calgary: (UFA)|Rittich
Edmonton: Koskinen|(UFA/Starrett)
Los Angeles: Quick|Campbell
San Jose: Jones|Dell?
Vancouver: Markstrom|Demko?
Vegas: Fleury|Subban
Chicago: Crawford|Delia?
Colorado: Grubauer|(UFA/Francouz)
Dallas: Bishop|Khudobin
Minnesota: Dubnyk|Stalock?
Nashville: Rinne|Saros
St.Louis: Binnington|Allen
Winnipeg: Hellebuyck|Broissoit
Boston: Rask|Halak
Buffalo: Ullmark|Hutton
Detroit: Howard|Bernier
Florida: (UFA)|Reimer?
Montreal: Price|Lindgren?
Ottawa: Nilsson|Anderson
Tampa: Vasilevskiy|Domingue
Toronto: Andersen|(Hutchinson/Sparks)
Carolina: (UFA)|(UFA)
Columbus: (UFA)|Korpisalo
New Jersey: Schneider|Blackwood
NY Islanders: (UFA)|Greiss
NY Rangers: Lundqvist|Georgiev
Philadelphia: Hart|Elliott
Pittsburgh: Murray|DeSmith
Washington: Holtby|Copley
I don't think much of kinkaid. Would rather hand the backup role to Delia and see what he's made of
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Aren't those 2 kids 24 and 25? Seems like they'd be as ready as they'd ever be to be back ups.
Delia looked ready and like the savior, but struggled horribly in a majority of his last half of games in the NHL.
Lankinen was lights out at Worlds for Finland and meh in the A, but sub .900 in 6 games in the ECHL last year.
In Chicago, there is a very real difference between a goalie capable of being a backup and a backup who has a huge chance of playing significant time. You need a 1B.
I hope Delia can find his early form from last year, but if he is Feb/March Delia and is asked to play more than sparingly.. “you’re gonna have a bad time”
