Confirmed Trade: [TOR/COL] Calle Rosen for Michael Hutchinson

[AMDZen]

Hopefully he never sees the net... better off playing your Zamboni driver, seems to be a thing these days.

Only if you're playing against the Leafs. Any real hockey team and zamboni drivers aren't a good idea

 

[Patagonia]

Still don't like this deal, thought they would have kept Rosen at least until the draft. Backup Goalie is more of a need, so it's a low risk move.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

You haven't seen Hutch this year I'm guessing... you would literally be better off taping up a cardboard cutout of Michael Hutchison, it would play better.

I mean, it isn't like the Avs didn't manage to win a do or die playoff game with the ghost of Andrew Hammon in net. Which was his last NHL game and culminated an illustrious career AHL save percentage of 0.905%.

Hutch can't be much worse than that can he?

 

[AslanRH]

Can we just let the TML fans feel better about this deadline and give them the win?

It doesn't matter if Hutch plays well in his limited opportunities (if he gets any at all), grabbing a #3 was always going to look like a loss unless the Avs went out and paid the price for a proven #2 or better.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Leafs fans are like: the evil is defeated.

It has been.

 

[John Eichel da GOAT]

Has any goalie not named Andersen looked good for the Leafs this season?

When has Andersen looked good?

 

[Leaf Fans]

Has any goalie not named Andersen looked good for the Leafs this season?

Campbell has.

 

[El Travo]

When has Andersen looked good?

Touche.

 

[Leaf Fans]

When has Andersen looked good?

So often that members of the board have claimed that the only reason why the Leafs won was because of him.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Campbell has.

3 games against Arizona, Ottawa and Montreal's offense is not a representative sample.

 

[Jixer19]

Trading Rosen (who wasn't going to crack the NHL roster) for Hutch might be a loss (in a vacuum), but we need a goalie for maybe 1-2 games with back to backs coming up. So using more assets to get a true backup would be pointless.

I will admit though, kinda curious how Hutch will do, since we do have 4th/5th string goalies with a win this season, he can't do much worse

 

[Leaf Fans]

3 games against Arizona, Ottawa and Montreal's offense is not a representative sample.

It does represent the fact that he has played well.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

It does represent the fact that he has played well.

Or that those three teams have awful offenses.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Or that those three teams have awful offenses.

Or both

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Or both

hard to say until he plays a good team.

 

[Leaf Fans]

hard to say until he plays a good team.

Perhaps you would find it difficult, but I think the Habs and the coyotes are good teams. The Ducks - not so much, but then again that wasn't an example of him playing well.

 

[Petrus]

3 games against Arizona, Ottawa and Montreal's offense is not a representative sample.

He was just acquired as a backup 2 weeks ago. How many games do you expect him to play? All that matters is he has played well (.918 sv%). By well I define that better than sub .900%, that Toronto has been getting from Andersen and Hutch in the New Year. That’s how bad the goaltending has been this year (nowithstanding the defense is as soft as melted ice cream).

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Perhaps you would find it difficult, but I think the Habs and the coyotes are good teams. The Ducks - not so much, but then again that wasn't an example of him playing well.

Arizona is a decent team with a really bad offense. Montreal is not a good team and has an average at best offense.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Arizona is a decent team with a really bad offense. Montreal is not a good team and has an average at best offense.

Montreal is 6 points out of a playoff spot with 18 games left. and they way Toronto and Florida have been crapping the bed this past week, they have a chance to be a playoff team.

 

[nturn06]

Something tells me that for the rest of the season Hutch will post better numbers than at least one of the Leafs goalies.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Calle wanted to come back
Keefe knows how to use him.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Something tells me that for the rest of the season Hutch will post better numbers than at least one of the Leafs goalies.

In the AHL, for sure.

 

[TDotMassive]

Has any goalie not named Andersen looked good for the Leafs this season?

Campbell

 

[TDotMassive]

Only if you're playing against the Leafs. Any real hockey team and zamboni drivers aren't a good idea

That's ok, our entire team is going to be composed of random people they pull from the building. Zamboni driver in net, a couple of security guards on D... few beer servers on wing, a janitor and a couple of those guys that clear the snow during the tv timeouts down the middle. Plan the parade.

 

[TDotMassive]

I mean, it isn't like the Avs didn't manage to win a do or die playoff game with the ghost of Andrew Hammon in net. Which was his last NHL game and culminated an illustrious career AHL save percentage of 0.905%.

Hutch can't be much worse than that can he?

Yes he can. Worst save % in the NHL this year... look it up, not a joke. I'm telling you... a cardboard cutout of Michael Hutchison taped to the net would outplay the real Michael Hutchison.