Confirmed with Link: Lightning sign Brian Elliott | 1 year, $900K

[These Are The Days]

Don't suck

 

[Hoek]

Hopefully does better than the other guys who have worn #1 here.

 

[These Are The Days]

Hopefully does better than the other guys who have worn #1 here.

MFW Sean Burke

 

[Meuracas]

Hopefully does better than the other guys who have worn #1 here.

If he sucks can we just call him #1 bullshit?

 

[These Are The Days]

If he sucks can we just call him #1 bullshit?

Anything less is now unacceptable

 

[GoldenSeal]

Y’all going to love Moose. Please get him a Cup.

 

[HanTykje]

Cant find any thread for him, so hope he got renewed contract 1 year at least, and Alnefelt can get more experiance in AHL.

 

[The Macho King]

Cant find any thread for him, so hope he got renewed contract 1 year at least, and Alnefelt can get more experiance in AHL.

Eh we will probably grab another journeyman in the offseason. I don't think we will rush Alnfelt unless he forces his way up.

 

[JoVel]

I'd rather have us sign a goalie on a league minimum from Europe than another vet. Wouldn't exactly be tough to find a better goalie out there than McElhinney or Elliott with some upside.

 

[BoltzManConstant]

I'd rather have us sign a goalie on a league minimum from Europe than another vet. Wouldn't exactly be tough to find a better goalie out there than McElhinney or Elliott with some upside.

So you think it's easy but JBB was just like "nah, f*** it let's go with the worse option".

I'm not against grabbing a guy with upside from wherever, but there's a strong likelihood that whoever it is will come to the NHL and get exposed. With McElhinney and Elliott we've gotten exactly what we expected.

 

[HanTykje]

Nobody will take the place from Vasilevsky unless he got long time injured or he is declining, i cant see that happening he will stay that pro untill he retires i belive, 2 goalie will normaly get 10-15 matches a year.

 

[JoVel]

So you think it's easy but JBB was just like "nah, f*** it let's go with the worse option".

I'm not against grabbing a guy with upside from wherever, but there's a strong likelihood that whoever it is will come to the NHL and get exposed. With McElhinney and Elliott we've gotten exactly what we expected.

McElhinney and Elliott have given us 17 wins in 39 games. They've definitely gotten exposed too.

We've tried that strategy for too many years now, time to do something else. Basically any backup we've had in recent years apart from Domingue has been a guy close to his 40s.

The risk is very minimal and worth taking in my eyes.

 

[Zwui21]

Don't suck

 

[Zwui21]

I'd rather have us sign a goalie on a league minimum from Europe than another vet. Wouldn't exactly be tough to find a better goalie out there than McElhinney or Elliott with some upside.

Tbh for the way we've been playing, if Vasy gets injuried it's gg and offseason even if we get another backup IMO

 

[Hoek]

Yeah I'm not sure any actual backup no matter how good they are could handle how we play. We'd need another 1B young Vasi type.

 

[Point21]

f*** it, go get Samsonov from Washington

 

[BoltzManConstant]

McElhinney and Elliott have given us 17 wins in 39 games. They've definitely gotten exposed too.

We've tried that strategy for too many years now, time to do something else. Basically any backup we've had in recent years apart from Domingue has been a guy close to his 40s.

The risk is very minimal and worth taking in my eyes.

You think GAA of 2.89, 3.09 and 2.62 (McElhinney and Elliott's performance over last 3 seasons) is "getting exposed"? Do you not watch much hockey? The bottom 20 guys in the league this season have combined for a GAA of 4.39 across 84 decisions, with a record of 18-56-10.

Our backups have given us exactly what we needed to make the playoffs with plenty of breathing room. Take a flyer like you propose and we could easily end up with someone not NHL-caliber like those bottom-of-the-league guys.

There's a reason there are shitty goalies in the league, and a reason JBB hasn't just grabbed some rando from Europe. And that reason is that you're wrong in thinking it wouldn't be hard to grab someone better than Mac/Elliott with upside. It actually is tough, and can blow up in your face.

I'm not saying I wouldn't want us to try it, but JBB has weighed the odds and made his call.