NjdevilfanJim
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Who though and at what cost?......No. We've done this already. Get a legit starter.
Who though and at what cost?......No. We've done this already. Get a legit starter.
We all know “God I hope Grern is the coach next season and he can convince Fitz to bring back Vitek and Blackwood”.I'm not gonna tell you in this thread what I was chanting the entire time the goalie was pulled.
By the way, Graeme Clarke BLOWS. I don't understand why people like this guy.
He's not an NHL player.
Team was still hoping to get Markstrom (a trade was even agreed) or maybe Saros. KK was also being slightly outplayed by Blackwood in SJ. No guarantee he is the kind of guy that can have success starting 50 games a year and in the playoffs.The biggest question I have is how did it not happen until the deadline. People were mentioning him in like December
I don’t want to give up a second to MTL and to be fair Allen has been very good.Allen .906 sav%, 3.04 gaa
I'll be in favor of signing KK for next season and trading Allen
We could probably get at least a 3rd rounder back for him given his tiny cap hitAllen .906 sav%, 3.04 gaa
I'll be in favor of signing KK for next season and trading Allen
He will cost 6 plus per the next two years and has come back to earth quick the last month or two...Markstrom should not cost a lot. If he does you slam the phone down and tell Conroy to eat shit. His numbers have not been good since the TDL fiasco and he has a NMC. Then if you offer to take him at 100% of salary plus do the deal before July 1 you would be absorbing a pretty sizable bonus. So yeah you want siegenthaler and a 3rd?
Saros, Markstrom, Ullmark. There are options. It may not be easy or cheap but gambling another season on "hey maybe these two backups can actually be good enough" shouldn't be a route Fitz is considering.Who though and at what cost?......
WHO IS GRERN?We all know “God I hope Grern is the coach next season and he can convince Fitz to bring back Vitek and Blackwood”.
I think you're not accounting for sample size here.Allen .906 sav%, 3.04 gaa
I'll be in favor of signing KK for next season and trading Allen
Markstrom is 89.7% goalie last two month 5 on 5. Kahkonen had good year overall. As Allen. Both cheap, Kahkonen is young. Markstrom already had bad year, we don’t need two potential years of old bad goalie. We already had it in previous year.Team was still hoping to get Markstrom (a trade was even agreed) or maybe Saros. KK was also being slightly outplayed by Blackwood in SJ. No guarantee he is the kind of guy that can have success starting 50 games a year and in the playoffs.
I was at the Devils game at San Jose and right after Blackwood stoned us and then got hurt, KK looked BRUTAL. A bunch of awful goals including to Smith and Miller.
Mercer went from a simple, smart player to trying to make a highlight reel pass EVERY single shift. He became quite frustrating to watch. I think he needs a summer off and some old tape review....and a new coach. I have hope for Dawg.Mercer needs a long hard look in the mirror this off season. He has been awful all year.
I didn’t get to watch the game but saw the only goal highlight.
Did he really try to do a between the legs touch pass to the middle of the ice ? Or was it a bad board bounce ?
It’s a pretty tough situation. Nashville is going to ask for an unbelievable haul for Saros and probably won’t budge. And then we need to pay him. Markstrom is at a dangerous age, hasn’t been very good after the hot start and was awful last year. And he makes 6 million with term and they don’t seem keen on retaining. Ullmark has played over 40 games twice in his career, is 30, and needs to get paid too.Saros, Markstrom, Ullmark. There are options. It may not be easy or cheap but gambling another season on "hey maybe these two backups can actually be good enough" shouldn't be a route Fitz is considering.
Kahkonen's stats would have been that underwhelming with more games too, we've seen it with Daws and Allen already this season, the more these guys get exposed to our 'defending' and in KK's case also lack of goal support, the worse it eventually gets.Allen .906 sav%, 3.04 gaa
I'll be in favor of signing KK for next season and trading Allen
Put it this way, if he does he better spend the assets he's saving on a goalie for an all-star physical LD, which probably isn't available.Saros, Markstrom, Ullmark. There are options. It may not be easy or cheap but gambling another season on "hey maybe these two backups can actually be good enough" shouldn't be a route Fitz is considering.
I honestly think both guys are/were on a heater.Kahkonen's stats would have been that underwhelming with more games too, we've seen it with Daws and Allen already this season, the more these guys get exposed to our 'defending' and in KK's case also lack of goal support, the worse it eventually gets.
Sounds like a condemnation of the GMTravis Green is without any doubt a significantly worse coach than Lindy Ruff. We may well have snuck in the playoffs if we didn’t make the change. The goalies have been more than good enough.
Allen .906 sav%, 3.04 gaa
I'll be in favor of signing KK for next season and trading Allen
I agree, but at some point the goaltending needs an actual fix. Putting band-aids on it year after year and praying they hold enough to win isn't a viable long term plan, unless you're a team like Vegas that seems to be able to plug anybody in. If that's the plan, then they better bring in the right coach and depth to make us such a good team we can afford to cheap out in goal (relatively speaking anyway since I forgot Hill makes almost 5 million a year).It’s a pretty tough situation. Nashville is going to ask for an unbelievable haul for Saros and probably won’t budge. And then we need to pay him. Markstrom is at a dangerous age, hasn’t been very good after the hot start and was awful last year. And he makes 6 million with term and they don’t seem keen on retaining. Ullmark has played over 40 games twice in his career, is 30, and needs to get paid too.
Travis Green is without any doubt a significantly worse coach than Lindy Ruff.
It’s a pretty tough situation. Nashville is going to ask for an unbelievable haul for Saros and probably won’t budge. And then we need to pay him. Markstrom is at a dangerous age, hasn’t been very good after the hot start and was awful last year. And he makes 6 million with term and they don’t seem keen on retaining. Ullmark has played over 40 games twice in his career, is 30, and needs to get paid too.
We probably still would have missed by a couple of points, which may be a bigger kick in the balls. Especially with the way our season series against the Capitals went, who we had already went 1-3-0 against and finished the season series with before Ruff was fired.Travis Green is without any doubt a significantly worse coach than Lindy Ruff. We may well have snuck in the playoffs if we didn’t make the change. The goalies have been more than good enough.