Confirmed with Link: Petr Mrazek signed 1 year, 1.5M

[Tryamw]

Also the beatings will continue until morale and save percentages improve.

So They are going on for 2-3 more years? /sigh.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Just **** my **** up.

I. WAS. WRONG.

 

[Unsustainable]

Either the tandem works, and we are a wildcard team, or it fails and we are looking at Hughes.

Well, glad I didn’t take a bad hot take on this one.

 

[A Star is Burns]

If/when we get that little x next to our names, I'm immediately posting threads for mass gloating (for anything any given poster got right) and mass crow eating (for so much that so many will have gotten wrong). I hope we save most of our crow for that time when it's official.

 

[Drivebytrucker]

I just want to say that I was extremely pissed when we didn't trade for him last year considering how little he went for at the Trade Deadline.

And I wanted him here in Free Agency.

But a broken clock is right twice a day....

 

[Primetime8]

Not only are 90% of the posts negative about the signing, but someone even said "Pesce-Faulk sounds like a disaster" replying to a tweet that Faulk might not be traded and Pesce might play on the left side. Didn't want to quote it though.

 

[Tryamw]

I was more in favor of Lehner... That still doesn't seem a bad choice but I will say I've grown to like Mr. Azek.

 

[Canes]

I thought he was a poor signing given we had a failing goalie already, but this signing is close to already outperforming Waddell's or our wildest dreams. Just an amazing add, though it will remain to be seen what happens in free agency this offseason given everything we've been through with goalies.

Waddell claiming McElhinney then choosing to keep him and finally shitcanning Darling to the AHL is great as well. Obviously Dundon probably had to sign off on this as well, but either way he deserves some props for allowing our GM the ability to do so.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I come out looking pretty good in this thread, that is rare.

 

[Drivebytrucker]

I come out looking pretty good in this thread, that is rare.

It's amazing how harsh people are of others opinions when we all show we know nothing about hockey in most threads

 

[DougieSmash]

That was so underrated offseason.

Mrazek. Martinook for nothing. Maenalanen. Calgary trade. Nino coming here. McBackup over Pickard lol. I mean, DW is not very good but he has been on fire in last few months.

 

[ookhaab]

I think with Carolina's defense he will be better, wings had no defense and not sure how Philly compares but I know the canes will give him confidence.

Good prediction!

If Darling sucks (likely), the backup has to play a lot and play well to salvage the season. We know Ward can't do this. He'll get his hot streak ,then crash and burn. Mrazek might do this.

You hit the nail right on the head with this.

 

[Ahoy there]

It's been refreshing to see good netminding behind our D this season.

I wonder if both goalies say to themselves, "it's refreshing to finally have good defense in front of me"

 

[Negan4Coach]

Pens board frothing at the mouth about how the usually dunk all over Mrazek.

So the guy is 27...is this the goaltender he has grown into, or is this an anomolous season?

 

[Anton Babchuk]

Cam Ward .893sv% vs Mrazek .909sv%. Some of the posts in this thread were unbelievably stupid at the time and look even worse now. It's amazing to watch it become accepted fact in this thread that we didn't sign Ward because we were too cheap, despite it never being reported anywhere that we had even negotiated with him or made him any sort of offer. Also despite it being confirmed that we had outbid Colorado for Grubauer (but Washington refused to trade within the division), who we presumably would have been paid a similar amount to what he got from Colorado (3M x 3) while also taking on Orpik's contract.

Like I said at the time, it's extremely possible that we simply let Ward walk because we were stuck with Darling and didn't want to go with the same goaltending tandem that failed us the year before. Mrazek was a gamble that could have turned out a disaster, but Ward was guaranteed to be mediocre at best.

Again I'm right in my analysis.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Cam Ward .893sv% vs Mrazek .909sv%. Some of the posts in this thread were unbelievably stupid at the time and look even worse now. It's amazing to watch it become accepted fact in this thread that we didn't sign Ward because we were too cheap, despite it never being reported anywhere that we had even negotiated with him or made him any sort of offer. Also despite it being confirmed that we had outbid Colorado for Grubauer (but Washington refused to trade within the division), who we presumably would have been paid a similar amount to what he got from Colorado (3M x 3) while also taking on Orpik's contract.

Like I said at the time, it's extremely possible that we simply let Ward walk because we were stuck with Darling and didn't want to go with the same goaltending tandem that failed us the year before. Mrazek was a gamble that could have turned out a disaster, but Ward was guaranteed to be mediocre at best.

Again I'm right in my analysis.

What have you become?

 

[Chrispy]

In part I'll agree this was money driven. In that they will feel better burying 1.5M in Charlotte if needed. And no one could bury Ward in Charlotte.

At 1.5M I feel like there could still be another acquisition. But that's me being overly optimistic.

I'm pleased with this take.

I'm less pleased that my research of third goalies who could be available included Florida, Chicago, NJ, and LAK, but not Toronto.

 

[CanesFanBudMan]

Well, glad I didn’t take a bad hot take on this one.

To be fair if we went with the tandem you were referencing we would have been in the running for Hughes

 

[Ole Gil]

Mrazek is only 19-16 with a .909 (27th). His play lately has obviously been off the charts, but he was rocking the sub .900 well into the season. This season has been very vintage Cam like. The difference from standard Canes seasons, is Mac has been beyond rock solid all season, so this late hotstreak matters, instead of it just ruining the draft position.

In hindsight, while we were complaining about no Plan C, it looks like the team probably knew who was going to be exposed on the wire heading into the season, and may have had a plan all along.

Going forward, it'll be interesting to see how much they are going to reward Mrazek for this 2 month stretch. Because a lot of mediocre goalies can get hot for a few weeks. Or maybe Mrazek just needed to transform into full jerk before finding his game, and this is who he is now.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Mrazek is only 19-16 with a .909 (27th). His play lately has obviously been off the charts, but he was rocking the sub .900 well into the season. This season has been very vintage Cam like. The difference from standard Canes seasons, is Mac has been beyond rock solid all season, so this late hotstreak matters, instead of it just ruining the draft position.

In hindsight, while we were complaining about no Plan C, it looks like the team probably knew who was going to be exposed on the wire heading into the season, and may have had a plan all along.

Going forward, it'll be interesting to see how much they are going to reward Mrazek for this 2 month stretch. Because a lot of mediocre goalies can get hot for a few weeks. Or maybe Mrazek just needed to transform into full jerk before finding his game, and this is who he is now.

Jerk.

 

[NotOpie]

Jerk.

Full Jerk

 

[Drivebytrucker]

Even when Mrazeks save percentage was hovering around .900% , stats weren't telling the whole truth.


He was playing well and making key saves at key times all season

 

[Svechhammer]

Mrazek is playing his best hockey as the stakes increase. Not sure what more we could ask out of a guy.

That said, its no mistake he is playing his best hockey when he's playing behind the best defense he's had. He doesn't have to do everything here to win, and its letting him play loose and free, and boy has he excelled at it. It certainly seems like this team and that goalie are a perfect match and we should prove it to him by giving him that extension.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I think the key is, don't give him anything where we can't just somewhat safely use him as a backup. I'd probably try 3x3-3.5ish (I'd really try to draw the line at 3). Decent raise, might be usable as a backup/1B, takes care of expansion concerns. If he wants into Koskinen territory, **** off.