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wonder what he's got up his sleeve?
wonder what he's got up his sleeve?
“I told Casey to be patient,” Hughes said. “The idea is not to bury him in the AHL, so we’ll continue looking at opportunities to either trade him or maybe change a few things, but it might take some time because the goalie market doesn’t move very quickly.”I missed the beginning of the presser. Did he say anything about Desmith's future with the Habs? Did anyone ask him about Desmith?
[paraphrasing off memory] He told DeSmith to stand pat and that he won’t be sent down.I missed the beginning of the presser. Did he say anything about Desmith's future with the Habs? Did anyone ask him about Desmith?
Make a call to LA, get the coffee fetcher on board.If only he could figure out a way to get rid of Gallagher.
oh, youIf only he could figure out a way to get rid of Gallagher.
At this rate wouldn’t they have to waive at least one NHL contract (not incl Harris or RHP)?We know they could move a goalie or two since we have 3 NHL goalies, 2 prospects plus Mann and whatever they are doing with Vrbetic. That's a lot of goalies.
But the hint at waivers is very interesting to me, I wonder if they would look at sending guys like Armia, Allen, to Laval
He should be patient, there are always training camp injuries. Interested to see where Jaro Halak lands though. I guess he's had offers but is waiting for a backup role to emerge.“I told Casey to be patient,” Hughes said. “The idea is not to bury him in the AHL, so we’ll continue looking at opportunities to either trade him or maybe change a few things, but it might take some time because the goalie market doesn’t move very quickly.”
Armia is difficult but still possible to get rid of.If only he could figure out a way to get rid of Gallagher.
Does "maybe change a few things" mean either trade Allen or make moves to go 3 goalies in MTL?“I told Casey to be patient,” Hughes said. “The idea is not to bury him in the AHL, so we’ll continue looking at opportunities to either trade him or maybe change a few things, but it might take some time because the goalie market doesn’t move very quickly.”
He can get under the cap with paper transactions.Just finished watching the presser and was curious about what other moves Hughes has up his sleeve. To be compliant he needs like 3.8M cleared, which is Allen's contract. Now he could also end up moving DeSmith and someone else, maybe Armia or Dvorak?
Thoughts?
True....They have 4 excess contracts currently with all the IR folks coming back on when Camp opens and folks like Harvey-Pinard, Ylonen, and Harris with waiver eligibility. And then just waving a goalie.He can get under the cap with paper transactions.
Ideally, we would take another Monahan and a first-rounder from someone...True....They have 4 excess contracts currently with all the IR folks coming back on when Camp opens and folks like Harvey-Pinard, Ylonen, and Harris with waiver eligibility. And then just waving a goalie.