Waived: Scott Darling & Valentin Zykov

[MinJaBen]

Mcelhinney made 48 saves in his last game, has Darling made 48 this year for Carolina?

Darling has never strung together two wins in a row here in Carolina. McMiracle has done that twice already.

 

[SnS]

Trying to bait Holmgren into picking up this thing. Holy f***.

 

[spockBokk]

There's a startling statistic about Darling's tenure in CAR. He didn't once win 2 games in a row in all of his starts. Good riddance to Darling the goalie, nothing but good wishes for Darling the person, wherever he lands

 

[ShelbyZ]

My guess is that someone has to go down to make room and because Darlings contract is basically claim proof, he's temporarily getting moved off the roster until they figure something out. At this point, it probably wouldn't matter too much if they dropped Darling or Mrazek, but Mrazek would likely get claimed by one of the handful of teams looking for help in net... Except for the Flyers, since he was garbage there.

In a backwards way, the Canes should be thanking Darling for getting hurt so they had to go get McBackup... Otherwise a Darling/Mrazek tanden would've been a nightmare.

 

[ManofSteel55]

wow. is this another dubnyk?

No. Dubnyk's game fell off of a cliff because he lost all of his confidence, and his mechanics weren't good. He needed to rebuild his game and his confidence, but he always had the ability to be a starter. Darling has never shown to have that ability. He's a career backup who was given a chance to start, and a big contract along with it, but failed hard.

 

[BostonBob]

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Since the beginning of last season, Carolina is 15-24-8 (66 point pace) in games Darling starts and 33-20-6 (100 point pace) with the likes of Ward, Mrazek and McStarter in net.

That should say everything you need to know about his tenure in Carolina.

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

A waiver claim by the Flyers here would just be too perfect.

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

Why did the Hurricanes waive Zykov?


Regardless, Rangers need to be on him.

 

[Chan790]

Something is going on in Raleigh...

 

[Kranix]

What?? I thought he was an untouchable.

 

[CornKicker]

Signing backups from great teams to long-term deals can really bite you in the butt . Not the first time this happened and won't be the last time.

thats a total lie and untrue.....


anyone want a cam talbot?

 

[koyvoo]

Didn’t see that coming, even if he did fall somewhat out of favour.

 

[Calad]

What? McBackup is evolving!!
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Congratulations, your McBackup evolved into McStarter

 

[Agalloch]

Bust.

 

[sheriff bart]

So they're rolling with McElhinney as their #1 goalie??

It certainly isn't like Darling had taken the #1 spot

 

[Yatzhee]

Wow, he has great size and from what I saw with the Checkers, was a net front presence to be reckoned with.
Decent speed, not great, but manageable.
Something going on in Carolina.

 

[Agalloch]

Wow, he has great size and from what I saw with the Checkers, was a net front presence to be reckoned with.
Decent speed, not great, but manageable.
Something going on in Carolina.

Pesce is ready to go.

 

[SensFactor]

Condon for darling

 

[Yatzhee]

Pesce is ready to go.

Ah, thank you, that explains a lot.

 

[sheriff bart]

Since the beginning of last season, Carolina is 15-24-8 (66 point pace) in games Darling starts and 33-20-6 (100 point pace) with the likes of Ward, Mrazek and McStarter in net.

That should say everything you need to know about his tenure in Carolina.

So, you're saying he's not very good?

 

[Wolfpuck]

I think he'll get claimed. He deserves a chance to solidify a full time NHL job.

 

[sasha barkov]

Damn, proposed him in a trade earlier yesterday to the ducks. Would’ve liked him if Silf was gone, but we have too many RW’s as is

 

[backhandsauce]

Oilers please.

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Nobody is surprised by this. A lot of people around him were trying to tell him to not take for granted what he had in Chicago and take a cheaper deal to stay home and be a solid goalie tandem with crawford as his backup but he wanted a big payday shot as a started with a limited resume when Chicago gave him a shot to even be in the NHL

I understand wanting a chance to prove himself as a starter, but everyone knew he wasnt ready. The safe play was to get a more sheltered role and have possibilty a longer NHL career with solid timeshare stats. Now he busted out as a starter in less than two years and he might honestly not even have an NHL gig in a years time

Felt he should accepted being more of a Chad Johnson type who has been an extremely reliable backup with a long NHL career (Going on 10+ years now) never playing more than 45 games in a season, nothing more, nothing less.