Player Discussion Stalock

[CanmoreMike]

agreed, or have koskinen come out looking like 2012 pekka rinne

He could be rested and angry enough to do just that.

 

[yukoner88]

He could be rested and angry enough to do just that.

Hopefully he took notes on what his running mate did last offseason in training with the guy Hellebyuck does, along with a handful of others

 

[Ementy]

Hopefully he took notes on what his running mate did last offseason in training with the guy Hellebyuck does, along with a handful of others

He probably stands in net with rage face for 12 hrs a day and yells AGAIN AGAIN. as he gets Sheldon Souray to blast slap shots at his glove. (Sheldon Souray was not injured in the making of this post or actually involved in shooting pucks at Koski)

 

[Perfect_Drug]

The good news is Koskinen is in a contract year.

Seems a bunch of these Euro Goalies put up better numbers when they're in their UFA years.

Grubauer put up .925 in his first contract year with Washington.
Then .926 his next contract.
Last year he put up .922 this past season.

He's a solid goalie who always puts up career highs in his contract years.

Varlamov - same story
.924 his first contract year
.927 his second contract

Haha I doubt it? But maybe Kosko puts up .920?



XD hhahaha

 

[yukoner88]

He probably stands in net with rage face for 12 hrs a day and yells AGAIN AGAIN. as he gets Sheldon Souray to blast slap shots at his glove. (Sheldon Souray was not injured in the making of this post or actually involved in shooting pucks at Koski)

And then becomes a world class golfer for a tour, thus saving his grandmother's house from repossession

 

[Oilhawks]

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I know that a lot of fans aren’t counting on Stalock to be anything but I think there’s a chance he ends up being a decent 1B to play with Smith.

He had the second highest save percentage (yes it was meme stats but keep in mind it is 4 on 4 hockey) in DBL. Not sure who was 1st.

He’s going to be really motivated to extend his NHL career so if anything, Koskinen can’t come back playing as poorly as he did to end the season

 

[ManofSteel55]

Yes, I don't see how Stalock has been relegated to 3rd string status.

In his last showing he had 38 games as a starter in Minny with a 91% SA and a 20-11 record. Those are pretty decent numbers.

Because he isn't as good as his numbers in that season suggest. He never has been. He was propped up by a good defense. He's 3rd string because he is our 3rd best goalie. Part of me hopes we lose him via waivers this year, because he is good enough to be a backup behind a solid starter, but I don't know if we are running the type of system we need to for him to be a good 1B behind Smith. The other option of course is to waive Koskinen and hope someone takes him.

 

[sandhu111]

Because he isn't as good as his numbers in that season suggest. He never has been. He was propped up by a good defense. He's 3rd string because he is our 3rd best goalie. Part of me hopes we lose him via waivers this year, because he is good enough to be a backup behind a solid starter, but I don't know if we are running the type of system we need to for him to be a good 1B behind Smith. The other option of course is to waive Koskinen and hope someone takes him.

I wouldn't say that in his 151 game career his save percentage is .909
So pretty much the same as that year

 

[ManofSteel55]

The good news is Koskinen is in a contract year.

Seems a bunch of these Euro Goalies put up better numbers when they're in their UFA years.

Grubauer put up .925 in his first contract year with Washington.
Then .926 his next contract.
Last year he put up .922 this past season.

He's a solid goalie who always puts up career highs in his contract years.

Varlamov - same story
.924 his first contract year
.927 his second contract

Haha I doubt it? But maybe Kosko puts up .920?



XD hhahaha

The bad news is that if he does that, he could well get a contract extension, ha ha ha.

 

[ManofSteel55]

I wouldn't say that in his 151 game career his save percentage is .909
So pretty much the same as that year

Average save percentage behind a very good defense isn't anything to get excited about. He's been a good backup for a long time, that's true, so for cap reasons it might be smart to dump Koskinen in the minors somewhere (we can bury more on Koskinen's deal than Stalock makes), but Smith - Stalock doesn't bring any more confidence in me than Smith - Koskinen does.

 

[sandhu111]

Average save percentage behind a very good defense isn't anything to get excited about. He's been a good backup for a long time, that's true, so for cap reasons it might be smart to dump Koskinen in the minors somewhere (we can bury more on Koskinen's deal than Stalock makes), but Smith - Stalock doesn't bring any more confidence in me than Smith - Koskinen does.

Yeah that's all I'm hoping that there's a chance he could be a decent back up

 

[Mr Positive]

Average save percentage behind a very good defense isn't anything to get excited about. He's been a good backup for a long time, that's true, so for cap reasons it might be smart to dump Koskinen in the minors somewhere (we can bury more on Koskinen's deal than Stalock makes), but Smith - Stalock doesn't bring any more confidence in me than Smith - Koskinen does.

I'm thinking maybe we should go with a three headed monster. We should expect that our back up plays a lot since Smith's ice time will be more managed. So, there will be a lot of games to let Stalock and Koskinen compete with each other. Smith can probably play all the games in the playoffs assuming he holds up.

 

[nexttothemoon]

I think there's a decent chance they start the year with 3 goalies on the roster. I can't see them risking losing Stalock on waivers (as I think there's a very high chance he'd get picked off by a team with an injured goalie or by a team with uncertainty in their backup goalie)... hell the Flames could even do that as they have very unproven backup goalies and they love getting Oilers offcasts.

 

[yukoner88]

Man that's tough news to hear that Stalock is still dealing with after effects from covid. I was really hoping he'd be able to bounce back and challenge Koskinen for that back up role. But sounds like his career is all but over if he can't get his conditioning back up due to his heart.

Guess that explains why he saw no action at the end of last season despite Koskinen's game going down the drain.

 

[Gunnersaurus Rex]

Ironic. One players career likely over because he got Covid. A team mates career likely over because he won't get vaccinated against getting Covid.
Strange days indeed...

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Poor guy. Hopefully he can get healthy so that he can have a normal life first and foremost.

 

[tardigrade81]

Does he get to start the Ottawa game? Ottawa will be fired up given how the season series has gone so far.

Ya that was something. I was happy and sad all T the same time lol.