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I would like to see (and maybe this will happen) Monty get regular AHL time between games. he's not going to play much, don't want to see his development stalled.
sinDer
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Not sure what could be our options for the #2 goalie, but I wouldn't be surprised if Monty plays all year in he AHL.
If the organization sees Monty as a future #1, he should be playing full time in the AHL this year
Jean Luc Discard
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I wouldn't pencil Monty as a future starter in the NHL since he hasn't put up decent numbers in the AHL, not to mention in the NHL, so far. At this stage he's not even a reliable NHL backup. We're putting too much hope on a 22yo kid. On the other hand, there really aren't many backup goalies available even via trade. If Bobby Rovsky steps on a lego and has to spend 10 games or so at the sick bay then that's it for the Cats.
Ofc the guy is young 'n all that but personally I don't see a future starter in him. Should be a decent backup down the line tho.
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I agree,
And I think he needs more time in the AHL. Playing a lot of hockey and be "dominant".
He won't progress playing 20 games with the big club.
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Driedger, unless we acquire someone else (seems unlikely).
Desrosiers is probably the weakest of our goalie group and Bednard (while promising) is not ready.
Still wondering if Monty gets claimed by Seattle (as of now it seems it's either him or a Dman).
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Here's a quote from Pierre LeBrun from the Athletic this morning about how there's lots of dmen available right now and it's a good time to go shopping.
"One source suggested Thursday that the Florida Panthers covet a shutdown, left-side D. It doesn’t sound like something that has any urgency to it but it is an organizational wish list item for this season. The Panthers have the smooth-skating Keith Yandle and Mike Matheson on the left side but would like to also add a more stay-at-home, shutdown type on the left."
Hopefully we're not done tinkering with this defense...but I'm not sure where we'd get the cap space. I think Pysyk, Malgin, Sceviour and (don't shoot me) Hoffman are the most likely candidates to go if we do a deal. Pysyk is obvious, he's overpaid for bottom pair and we have a couple guys ready to step up. Malgin still has trade value and just doesn't really fit on our roster. Sceviour I actually like, but he could create some room for us to add Hunt, Hawk, or Tippet, but doesn't save us much. Hoffman...I don't want to trade him, but he's got the biggest cap hit, his contract expires next year, doesn't have any immediate chemistry with anyone (like Dads with Barkov/Huber), and would get us the best return as trade bait.
But our top-4/top-5 defense is already locked in, unless we're looking to trade Matheson (doubt it given big contract, but who knows). So realistically, we're looking for a bottom pair left dman...but we have some guys ready to step up (I'm looking at Brown specifically at the moment) so I'm not sure why we would be doing that.
"One source suggested Thursday that the Florida Panthers covet a shutdown, left-side D. It doesn’t sound like something that has any urgency to it but it is an organizational wish list item for this season. The Panthers have the smooth-skating Keith Yandle and Mike Matheson on the left side but would like to also add a more stay-at-home, shutdown type on the left."
Hopefully we're not done tinkering with this defense...but I'm not sure where we'd get the cap space. I think Pysyk, Malgin, Sceviour and (don't shoot me) Hoffman are the most likely candidates to go if we do a deal. Pysyk is obvious, he's overpaid for bottom pair and we have a couple guys ready to step up. Malgin still has trade value and just doesn't really fit on our roster. Sceviour I actually like, but he could create some room for us to add Hunt, Hawk, or Tippet, but doesn't save us much. Hoffman...I don't want to trade him, but he's got the biggest cap hit, his contract expires next year, doesn't have any immediate chemistry with anyone (like Dads with Barkov/Huber), and would get us the best return as trade bait.
But our top-4/top-5 defense is already locked in, unless we're looking to trade Matheson (doubt it given big contract, but who knows). So realistically, we're looking for a bottom pair left dman...but we have some guys ready to step up (I'm looking at Brown specifically at the moment) so I'm not sure why we would be doing that.
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We're done tinkering.
It's up to Q at this point. If Q is supposed to be some kind of a divine savior for this club, like many of ya'll advertise, fixing this d-corpse should pose no problem for him.
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Leave Matheson un-protected and hope they pick him
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Hopefully they don't protect the Dlike last year. Let Seattle pick our D apart
I think Monty has all but locked up the backup spot.
I think Driedger has a better shot to make the team then Bednard. He has not even played higher than College hockey. Desrosiers has a better shot than him based on that fact.
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Domingue was influenced under a great Lightning team and rightfully released!
He sucks and he got rewarded by Lighting offense just as everyone expected
If Bob gets hurt for ten games that’s it? Lmao.
I see You got too much sun this summer
Monty is just fine for a backup and he will have the job without doubt. Not sure what you guys are smoking
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I promise you no one in the franchise sees him as a future #1. He is extremely overrated by some on this board. He is a backup and that's just fine.
Also, putting your backup through vigorous travel just to get experience in hopes be pans out into something very likely won't be is terrible roster management imo.
He is a career backup at best who needs to stay up as backup. Plus, he will learn more from Bob than any AHL game this year.
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