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Apparently the Leafs were willing to offer more than the Flames, who had shown interest. Now all eyes go to Fleury...
I'm gonna hate seeing him go.
I'm gonna hate seeing him go.
Apparently the Leafs were willing to offer more than the Flames, who had shown interest. Now all eyes go to Fleury...
I'm gonna hate seeing him go.
Calgary was at a disadvantage right from the start. Leafs picks are higher than theirs, and Leafs have more picks to move.
I'm not sure if Fleury gets moved right away because the Pens will have to trade for a vet back up goalie anyway or sign a UFA.
Beau Bennett will probably be traded or not qualified. Wasn't used by Coach Sullivan. Schultz could too, depending if they want to sign Lovejoy instead. I'm thinking that they will lean towards Lovejoy since he was used in the top 4 pairing.
Pens don't have much cap space. Dupuis will be placed on LTIR, so there will be some relief there.
If Pens aren't going to get anything decent for Fleury, I would think it would be better to keep him and go for another cup run next year. If he gets exposed and taken in the expansion draft, so be it. It'll free up cap space too, and Murray will be a RFA.
Fleury will want to be a starter. If Murray has taken over the number 1 job Fleury will likely want to move and play rather than be a back up. Plus the expansion is happening as its being announced live right now. One of these 2 guys will likely be picked in that draft if they both remain Penguins. Fleurys NT won't protect him in the expansion draft.
Fleury will want to be a starter. If Murray has taken over the number 1 job Fleury will likely want to move and play rather than be a back up. Plus the expansion is happening as its being announced live right now. One of these 2 guys will likely be picked in that draft if they both remain Penguins. Fleurys NT won't protect him in the expansion draft.
Fleurys nmc will require him to be protected if I'm reading things correctly.
He doesn't have one. It's a limited no trade clause, which someone else hit on here.
And this is how the NMC/NTC is being interpreted in terms of expansion from http://sinbin.vegas/51-players-have-no-movement-clauses-must-be-protected-in-expansion-draft/:
"We now know the agreement states that the players with no movement clauses must be protected and players with no trade clauses do not necessarily have to be protected by their current team."
In short, they'd protect Murray, they'd expose Fleury...if the decision was being made today. Who knows what next year could bring?
I think he's underrated. Ducks weren't scoring at all in the beginning of the season. He had one of the best GAA, but had one of the worst winning percentages.
When the Ducks started scoring in the new year, they ended up winning the division.
Plus don't underestimate what can happen during this off-season. Because of the salary cap and the expansion draft, there are some pretty good deals to be had. If you have higher and more draft picks, a prudent GM will be able to get some very good return this year.
It also makes the Kessel trade a lot less lopsided, especially after inking Andersen to a 5 year deal.
Rob Vollman from Hockey Abstract was on the Fan here today and said that, with the analytics taken in to account Andersen ranked as the 22nd ranked starting goalie this season. He believes that Andersen is a league average goalie, and that his GAA was buoyed being behind a strong d, and his winning percentage also was because of the good team he was on over the past three seasons.
It all depends on perspective I guess.
Sorry, I don't really agree that it's on perspective.
Be careful of stats, they can be misleading. Check how they are used. Andersen is ranked 22nd in wins among starting goalies. (I don't see where else he could have been ranked 22nd), and I'm not sure if Ron Vollman went on to qualify how he reached his conclusion. I know you're just quoting what you heard on the radio.
If this is the case, what Rob Vollman fails to reveal is that Andersen only started in 37 games. The top 13 goalies for wins, started no less than 58!!
If you extrapolate his win percentage, he'd be in the top 10 for wins if you based it on 58 starts. He has the same win/games started percentage as Jonathan Quick, who was 2nd in wins.
Andersen was also top 10 in GAA. 17th in SV% with .919, but the percentage are so tight that .922 would put you in 7th. 3/1000 of a percentage. Based on that, it was 3 more goals over the all the games he played. So 3 lucky bounces, instead of bad bounces, he's ranked 7th.
That's just looking at stats.
Let's hear from Ducks fans that watched him play. But I'm going to look at the stats when the Ducks were struggling.
The Ducks were off to a horrendous start. First 6 games he played, he had a GAA of 1.70, and a SV% of 0.94, and his record was (0-3-2, he didn't start in one game, but played 47 min). Ducks score a total of 1 goal in ALL 6 games.
After 11 games, his record was (3-5-2), with GAA of 2.03, and SV% of .934. Ducks scored 16 times in those 11 games (1.45 GFPG)
Doesn't sound very average to me. Did he have some bad games? Yes. But not often, and he bounced back from those games. Plus if he loses 5-0 to Tampa, is it because of his poor play or are there team issues?
Plus I would hardly say the Ducks have strong defence. Vatanen, Bieksa, Fowler, Lindholm, Despres, Stoner, Manson, Theodore are hardly a defensive wall. Fowler was -8, Bieksa was -7, and both played 21+ min per game.
Sorry but I'm not sure what stats Ron Vollman is using to support his claim that Andersen is only an average goalie, but I just don't see it. I know he has a website and all, and has written for Hockeys News, etc., but I'm not seeing what he sees, even with the basic analytics that are usually used.
Also, I think the Leafs are not going to be horrendous in a couple of years. I think they are going to benefit from the salary cap crunch and the expansion to Vegas. I can see them getting a couple more dmen cheap (even from Anaheim, who is stuck cap-wise and have a glut of young dmen).