By the way, I've just about seen enough of Jimmy Hayes.
He's quickly moving into DSP territory for me. There's no reason he should play 5 minutes on the PP (only Hall and Palmieri played more tonight).
By the way, I've just about seen enough of Jimmy Hayes.
And this is why you don't give up #9 overall pick for a goalie, especially now a days.The thing that does worry me with Cory is that he seems to be on an eerily similar path to that of Tuukka Rask. Rask was a .920 goalie 5 of his first 6 years, then fell off to a still respectable .915 for two years, and now is down to a .903 this year (still a small sample size of course). And Cory is going to be 32 at the end of the season. Yes, I know he doesn't have the mileage on him as your typical 31-32 year old starter, but age doesn't give a **** about mileage when it comes to losing quickness or reaction time, and Cory has seemed to have gotten dinged up more the last couple years. And by no means am I saying that Cory is going to completely fall apart or is done, but the days of him being a .920 goalie every year may be past.
I don’t think that’s fair. This was a steal of a trade at the time. If Cory does turn out to be in a decline, it’s not something that should have been foreseen that long ago. Typically, a goalie doesn’t start to decline at 30 years old. People might say Cam Ward, who started declining at 28, but he was never that good anyway. Cam Ward from 2008-2012 was a pretty solid goalie. Cam Ward from 2013-2017 blows and it’s often forgotten about, but the Cam Ward from 2005-2008 also blew.And this is why you don't give up #9 overall pick for a goalie, especially now a days.
I wonder what we would be able to get back in a trade.
And this is why you don't give up #9 overall pick for a goalie, especially now a days.
I wonder what we would be able to get back in a trade.
Sorry to hear about your grandfather. You didn’t miss too much though.My grandfather's visitation was last night (side note, Blandisi's grandparents were there which is a whole other story but cool nonetheless) so I missed this game. Not that upset with the loss. The Oilers are still a good team and it sounds like they played very well, which is something we haven't been able to say for a while. On to the next one.
The way I see itHindsight is 20/20 though. We got an elite goalie up until last year, and I don't think anybody would have predicted that he'd have that bad of a season.
Trading him now, after last season, and given his contract, we probably wouldn't get a great return. Who would want him that would have the space? Carolina just signed Darling to be their guy. Calgary maybe? Arizona?
Wish everyone was healthy.We had two 4th lines iced tonight.
Wood-Boyle-Hayes
Gibbons-Coleman-Noesen
This team is going to be so much better when Zajac and Mojo is back. Along with Zacha out of the doghouse.
The way I see it
If Cory is in fact in a decline, no one is gonna want him. That contract is an albatross if he’s gonna have mostly .90-something seasons from here on out. You’d have to pay to have someone take him or retain literally all of his salary.
And if he’s not really in decline, he can help us.
I’ve made the Rask comparison recently. Rask has “Declined” the last two years, though not to the point where he’s not good. Just to the point where’s average/a bit above average.
I don’t think that’s fair. This was a steal of a trade at the time. If Cory does turn out to be in a decline, it’s not something that should have been foreseen that long ago. Typically, a goalie doesn’t start to decline at 30 years old. People might say Cam Ward, who started declining at 28, but he was never that good anyway. Cam Ward from 2008-2012 was a pretty solid goalie. Cam Ward from 2013-2017 blows and it’s often forgotten about, but the Cam Ward from 2005-2008 also blew.
Plus, does anyone really trust that Conte would not have used that pick on Curtis Lazar or something?
Cory and Rico for Wedge, Perlini, Dvorak and Dineen
Cory and Sevs for OEL
That's what I thought too. If Hall had stayed with it - he clearly thought that Nico was going to shoot it -, people on the main boards would be making threads about what a great pass that was.Okay, I'm probably the only one who is okay with Nico passing back the puck to Hall. No way he scores from that angle as a left-handed shooter. In fact, I think passing it back was pretty clever but oh well...
True, you may not be able to run them every shift, but Hynes was deliberately matching Hischer and Hall against him, which is terrible.
I hear that as a Bruins fan. He is playing much, much better than he was for us. There's several layers of much-worse Hayes still in store. You'd be better off deep-six him right away...I've seen enough of Hayes. More than enough.
And the 3 pipes they hit and the shot that went through Talbots legs. They played a good game. Also, I thought they had two tremendous looking powerplays. The puck just did not go in. It happens.If Noesen taps in that one on the PP and Cory doesn't let in the softy, they win easy. They played fine.
I’ve made the Rask comparison recently. Rask has “Declined” the last two years, though not to the point where he’s not good. Just to the point where’s average/a bit above average.
I don’t think that’s fair. This was a steal of a trade at the time. If Cory does turn out to be in a decline, it’s not something that should have been foreseen that long ago. Typically, a goalie doesn’t start to decline at 30 years old. People might say Cam Ward, who started declining at 28, but he was never that good anyway. Cam Ward from 2008-2012 was a pretty solid goalie. Cam Ward from 2013-2017 blows and it’s often forgotten about, but the Cam Ward from 2005-2008 also blew.
Plus, does anyone really trust that Conte would not have used that pick on Curtis Lazar or something?