Confirmed with Link: Nashville Predators Re-Sign Marek Mazanec to a 1-Year Contract

[King Weber]

Hutton out?

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[nomorekids]

Ugh.

 

[SavageSteve]

hutton out?

 

[King Weber]

Welp. Best of luck to Hutton then. Hope he does well wherever he goes.

 

[cleangene63]

So I get to be the first : "hey guys, thanks for having me."

 

[thecloser]

saw in a report from BleacherReport that this was a 1yr 2-way deal

 

[MrJoshua]

I do see Hutton's point, though. If he feels like he could potentially be a starter or a 1A/1B elsewhere, he certainly isn't going to get the opportunity to show that in Nashville, barring injury. Rinne is going to be the man until he proves he can't be the man anymore.

 

[triggrman]

Well, expect another 68 game season from Rinne..... No way they'll trust a rookie goalie much more than that.

 

[Drake744]

Hutton knows that Saros is (supposed to be) the future and that he'll never be "the guy" here. I must leave you with these:

 

[JamestheSame]

Hutton had a good season thisbyear. Hopefully he will become a starter wherever he goes.

 

[NSH615]

I do see Hutton's point, though. If he feels like he could potentially be a starter or a 1A/1B elsewhere, he certainly isn't going to get the opportunity to show that in Nashville, barring injury. Rinne is going to be the man until he proves he can't be the man anymore.

Big mistake for Hutton. He will never be a starter anywhere. Someone may try to make him, but he will fail as he seems to do the best when the full pressure isn't on. While I am happy in a way that Hutton will not be here as it means it opens the door for a possible better back up, Maz is no better he's only equal at best. The only thing I like in Maz is that he catches with the opposite hand (right) than most goalies. I think that may help him out some.

 

[BigFatCat999]

No more #thanksforhavingmeguys

 

[RCola88]

Hutton to Edmonton. I can feel it in my loins

 

[preds1]

I do see Hutton's point, though. If he feels like he could potentially be a starter or a 1A/1B elsewhere, he certainly isn't going to get the opportunity to show that in Nashville, barring injury. Rinne is going to be the man until he proves he can't be the man anymore.

I see his point as well.
Wish the guy nothing but the best wherever he ends up.

 

[BigFatCat999]

About 300k less than I thought it would be

 

[PredsV82]

I do see Hutton's point, though. If he feels like he could potentially be a starter or a 1A/1B elsewhere, he certainly isn't going to get the opportunity to show that in Nashville, barring injury. Rinne is going to be the man until he proves he can't be the man anymore.

this. No hard feeling for over Hutton leaving. Just remember how many here wanted him gone before last year anyway.

The hard truth is this is Rinnes team until his contact is up. $7M a year leaves no room to sign a 1B backup.

Mazanec gets one year then likely Saros comes in as a true backup year 1 then gradually takes more starts until Rinne's contract is up.

 

[thecloser]

did i miss something on a Hutton link where he said something publicly?

 

[BonMorrison]

Hey thanks for-- dammit, beat to it.

 

[Cashville]

Best of luck to King Hut; was never going to be the starter or even a #1B. Candidly don't see him starting anywhere immediately, but he could get lucky and end up in a Dubnyk-type situation where he can step into a starting role behind some great play after an injury.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Now let's get to work on that contract to get Hutton up in the press box in place of Stu.

 

[PredsV82]

Now let's get to work on that contract to get Hutton MASON up in the press box in place of Stu.

let Hut keep playing. Mace needs to be in the booth.

 

[INDhockeyfan]

It is a 2 way contract so he isn't automatically getting the backup job. Poile will probably look to see if there are any other backups goalies out there. I liked Hutton but understand why he wants to move on.

 

[NSH615]

did i miss something on a Hutton link where he said something publicly?

No, but Poile said that his agent said that Nashville was a dead end for him and that he feels that he would have a better chance at furthering his career with a different team.

I guess maybe he could go to Calgary as they didn't like their goalies this past year.

 

[nomorekids]

I don't take Hutton's comments to mean that he thinks he could start somewhere. I think he's realistic that he probably can't handle that. I think he's just looking for a gig where he might get 25-30 games instead of 15-20

 

[thecloser]

No, but Poile said that his agent said that Nashville was a dead end for him and that he feels that he would have a better chance at furthering his career with a different team.

I guess maybe he could go to Calgary as they didn't like their goalies this past year.

Gotcha. Thank you. I ended up reading that somewhere today in Poile's comments.

I guess Calgary could be a place for him. Or even Edmonton. He'd have a chance to be a 1B there, unless they make a move for Bishop, Andersen or Reimer