Kurtz
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- Jul 17, 2005
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Because those are poor numbers for a goalie. I don't see why league average comes into play in this discussion. We waived Big Mac to bring in Sparks. Lets look at his backup numbers last season.
GAA 2.15 SV% .924
the wrong call was made
Again - those are poor numbers for a starting goalie, but they're perfectly fine for a backup. You need to be able to draw a distinction between a starter's number's and a backup's, else you end up giving up first rounders for the likes of Toskala and Bernier.
You want a management group that makes forward-thinking decisions, rather than the Nonis-type reactive decisions where you overpay guys based on their recent performance and ignoring their age/history. That's how we ended up spending big money on the likes of Blake, Clarkson, etc in the past.
At the time the decision was made, keeping Sparks and risking Mac and Picard on wavers was a logical, forward-thinking move. At the moment, it looks like the decision was a miss, but we won't know for a while. One thing I can guarantee you is that it doesn't matter who our backup is - if Freddie isn't healthy, we're not winning any series regardless.