The CyNick
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- Sep 17, 2009
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Where are we after this season when we lost Sparks and Pickard on waivers? Let’s assume McBackup is retiring after this season.
We do not have anyone in the pipeline even close to being ready to backup. And so they sign a UFA.
And imagine we watch Sparks doing what he’s doing now.. (being allegedly “not good”) putting up stats better than most starters.
Historically UFA backup goalies are not good. Teams are struggling to find goalies as good as Sparks, they aren’t letting better ones hit UFA.
So we would have no goalie depth, no backup, and either have a worse backup or have to give up a better pick just to get a worse goalie...
I mean, your plan has such a solid foundation I assume you must be part of the Montreal mafia.
Most smart people in hockey don't think Sparks has a future in the NHL. You can create a narrative where the only choice is to keep Sparks, but it's not based in reality.
We've already paid a draft pick for no reason based on this poor decision. We likely still don't have a long term solution in the backup role. We did have a short term solution, but he's in Carolina now thanks to the brilliance of our young GM.
So we're now without one of our mid round picks and no closer to a permanent solution. All you can say about Sparks is he's younger. This may be eye opening for some, but younger isn't always better.