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Berdin is on the first year of his ELC, Comrie is on a two-way RFA contract with $175k quaranteed salary after having spent 5 years in the Entry-Level System. There has to be some pecking order going for the veteran.
Confirmed with Link: Mikhail Berdin signs ELC
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Might not be an option. He's earning a raise. Might be a small one, might be a big one. Depends how this season plays out.
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To elaborate, I'm not a proponent of that approach, but the management may think otherwise. Generally speaking you don't serve for five years without getting little something in the way precedence over newcomers.
Also, I only now rememered there is an actual section in the CBA that codifies the vets first approach that may have had something to do with it:
13.11 No Loans to East Coast Hockey League. A Player who is not in the Entry Level System may not be Loaned to the East Coast Hockey League without his consent.
If Comrie don't wanna, the CBA kind of says that he don't have to. He has been long enough signed to the NHL to now "force" the team to either keep him at least on the AHL level or let him go. If he so wants, the days of paying his dues in the juniors' juniors are over.
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The Berdin wall. 4-2-0, with 0.933 saving percentage. Move over, Comrie.
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Small sample size alert. Needs about 90 more games in the AHL before we should draw conclusions.
He's put up a .912 in 28 ECHL games.
Kid's going to be our leading goalie point-getter. I swear he's looking for assists every time he plays the puck.
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I want to see him score a goal in the AHL and do his Vince McMahon power walk again.
Tom ServoMST3K
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If this is all he does in his career in our org, I will still consider him a success.
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Even established goalies are worth little in the trade market. Prospect goalies are worth almost nothing. Why would we trade Comrie?
I wonder how quickly Wade Flaherty can beat the puck handling skills out of him... 
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They don't think he has a future with the organization and see him as blocking a better prospect?
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They don't think he has a future with the organization and see him as blocking a better prospect?
It isn't like our system is overflowing with prospective NHL goalies.
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No, but ideally you want your top goalie prospect getting big time with the Moose, backed up by an AHL vet. I don't think they will trade Comrie either. Just putting forth a scenario that might lead to such a trade.
Might be a little wishful thinking on my part, too. The thought of him backing up Helly next year sends a chill down my spine.
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No, but ideally you want your top goalie prospect getting big time with the Moose, backed up by an AHL vet. I don't think they will trade Comrie either. Just putting forth a scenario that might lead to such a trade.
Might be a little wishful thinking on my part, too. The thought of him backing up Helly next year sends a chill down my spine.
About like most of us expected from Brossoit going into this year?
If Brossoit shakes off that last game and goes back to playing well, I expect him to be retained. But if not, then Comrie might well be it. And maybe he will be good. It could happen.
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About like most of us expected from Brossoit going into this year?
If Brossoit shakes off that last game and goes back to playing well, I expect him to be retained. But if not, then Comrie might well be it. And maybe he will be good. It could happen.
Can we afford a Brossoit that excels?
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He is still an RFA. Yes.
He will have arb rights but I doubt an arbitrator would give a backup goalie a contract we couldn't afford.
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Did Berdin have a late growth spurt? He’s listed in some places as 6’3”.
IIRC he was listed as 6’0” when he was drafted, which is small by modern goalie standards. He looked and played small, too.
I’m much more optimistic about his pro chances if he has grown significantly. Goalie is the only position where size truly does matter, IMO.
IIRC he was listed as 6’0” when he was drafted, which is small by modern goalie standards. He looked and played small, too.
I’m much more optimistic about his pro chances if he has grown significantly. Goalie is the only position where size truly does matter, IMO.
