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- Sep 8, 2005
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Oilers are on an off day. Perhaps we see a recall that tips their hand, but I've seen speculation that Vinny Desharnais broke a finger in the fight with Josh Manson last night. If Desharnais were to miss some time, do we play Troy Stetcher, replacing a RHD for a RHD? Or do we insert Phillip Broberg, and get him some reps and take another look?
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Last R&P thread is here.
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Last R&P thread is here.
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I f***in love Kool aid
Jack Campbell with another shutout tonight. 29 shots against this time.
Up to a .920 SV% on the season. He's the best player on the Condors and it's not even close.
Looks like he got his confidence back. He hired some sort of life coach too
The bandwagon is full of it (poison too).
It’s the “we are all Canucks” flavour
This is what they need to do, sign undrafted UFA's. Go hard for a guy like Graf out of Quinnipiac to replenish the cupboards.
What color does that taste like?
Will be good depth for our ECHL team.
He played with Wanner in the WHL last year.
ALL-IN!
Wish the best for the guy, I really do, as he seems like a solid human. The last 18 months must have been pretty terrible for him on a personal level.
That being said, I still can't see any way whatsoever that we don't buy him out this offseason. Even if you think he can come back and be a 1B next year, a buyout saves you 3.9 million in cap year next. You can get a 1B for less than 3.9 on the open market. Admittedly, that number goes down to 2.7 and 2.4 in the subsequent 2 years, but I would still guess that you can get a 1B for less than 2.4. I actually think Rodrigue likely gives you the same level of tending next year as Campbell would, and he'll be around $1M/year on a 2 year deal, or something like that. Their stats in the AHL are essentially the same, and OR is 24 next year, rather than Campbell at 32, so OR should at least in theory have some further improvement in his game.
I'd be pretty surprised if they didn't buyout Campbell, sign a veteran backup, and then try out OR in the preseason to see what he has.
He put some very good numbers, might have something here, low risk depth for sure.