Confirmed with Link: [TOR/FLA] TOR acquires G Michael Hutchinson for 2020 5th Round Pick

[Goose]

Any upside to this guy? Advanced stats etc?

 

[ryno23]

Depth for Marlies but a guy with NHL experience to keep Sparks on his toes

 

[egd27]

This is what happens when you wait until the there's a last minute injury to acquire players.

Not sure what point you're making. They gave up a 5th round pick to acquire some insurance in net.

What "happened"?

 

[TheTotalPackage]

The most exciting thing is that he is a southpaw. Love seeing those rare breeds tending the net.

 

[egd27]

Meh. This is depth for the Marlies. His numbers at the NHL level have been brutal.

I wonder if that was why he was available for 5th round pick in 2020?

 

[Warden of the North]

Any upside to this guy? Advanced stats etc?

Hes the best goalie on the Marlies.

 

[The Iceman]

If Andersen is really "day-to-day", it is a weird move.

Makes me think it might me more serious than that. Those "groin injuries" to goalies can be quite tricky.

2 things. If Andersen has a TWEAK and is good to go Thursday this sent a warning signal to management just how exposed the team was at the 3rd string goalie position.

The Marlies badly needed a goalie. The Marlie team is decent enough but the goalie position was hurting the team significantly. This address's that issue.

A small price to pay to address a glaring position of need. I don't think Kaskisuo is even in the discussion anymore as a prospect with his .866 save% on the season. He will be Growler bound.

 

[MJ65]

What do you mean they let "goalies leave"?

I am talking about the goalies that you never bothered to sign back in off season

 

[MJ65]

Because waivers... There's nothing we can do to avoid them.

Off course you could have resigned one of them

 

[MJ65]

You dont make sense here.

May be not but it's not that hard to understand

 

[DarkKnight]

What's not to like, worst case we obviously need a goalie in the AHL. If Sparks shits the bed moving forward, we have another guy with backup potential short term.

 

[MJ65]

Understanding waivers and roster sizes will help you understand this move

I understand but they chose to protect Sparks over other goalies

 

[DarkKnight]

Yup, Andy's injury is legit, likely down for a few weeks. Hutchinson will be able to help the Marlies once Andersen is back too... good move all around for the franchise.

Wow a few weeks, thanks Dr. WTF.

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

This move seems entirely about the Marlies and not Andersen. Good cheap pickup, I like it.

 

[Bluelines]

Any upside to this guy? Advanced stats etc?

Nope none, he is not a good NHL goalie. He is not the answer, if Dubas thinks he is the answer to a problem, that magnifies just how weak we are in goal once we get past Andy.

He catches with his right hand, bit of an oddity in the goalie ranks.

 

[Bluelines]

I understand but they chose to protect Sparks over other goalies

That is more to do with potential and his relationship with Dubas than how he can help us today.

 

[Leafidelity]

Smart move

 

[Warden of the North]

I understand but they chose to protect Sparks over other goalies

Which has zero bearing on this move. Hutch is going to the Marlies. Sparks is currently our starting goalie.

We needed another goalie on the Marlies regardless of who we kept on roster set day.

 

[SprDaVE]

I am talking about the goalies that you never bothered to sign back in off season

Uh... what?

 

[ToMaLe]

We should've just kept 3 goalies if McBackup was so valuable (>5th)

Holl and Marincin are rotting on the bench anyways

I agree, would you trade spaghetti legs Marincin for McBackup? I would in a heartbeat!

 

[MJ65]

Uh... what?

Never mind Dave - my mistake

 

[Bluelines]

Which has zero bearing on this move. Hutch is going to the Marlies. Sparks is currently our starting goalie.

We needed another goalie on the Marlies regardless of who we kept on roster set day.

 

[diceman934]

I wouldn't have thought this was necessary, but at least people can stop complaining about Dubas not addressing our goaltending situation. More depth there is only a good thing I suppose

It was a 100% necessary as we needed a goalie with real NHL experience in the event of an injury. Losing both goalies who had this to waivers on the same day made this inevitable.

The cost is a 5th pick and some cap space.

 

[DarkKnight]

It was a 100% necessary as we needed a goalie with real NHL experience in the event of an injury. Losing both goalies who had this to waivers on the same day made this inevitable.

The cost is a 5th pick and some cap space.

Yep.

 

[ShaneFalco]

As I mentioned elsewhere it will nice to give Sparks a couple of games to see what he can do