Goaltending May Not Be the Only Position That Gets Filled
Dave Pagnotta of The Fourth Period joined Sirius XM NHL Network Radio with Scott Laughlin and Gord Stellick and stated that teams on the lookout for goaltending could improve other areas to assist their teams succeed.
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Scott Laughlin: “I feel, Dave, once you go searching the NHL, is, is goaltending once more, too, right? We’re wondering about Laurent Brossoit, who’s working his way back with the Blackhawks. But clearly there’s not, there’s not a seat on the table in Chicago for straight away, right? Spencer Knight and Arvid Soderblom seem like that one-two punch for now and for years to are available the Windy City.
So Brossoit was working his way back. You have a look at Winnipeg, obviously, without (Connor Hellebuyck) for at the very least one other month. You have a look at the Geese now with a banged up goaltending situation, right? Lukas Dostal for a few weeks, and now Petr Mrazek leaves night. Again, silver lining is perhaps the proven fact that at the very least you’ve got a man in the outlet in Ville Husso who has been the starting goaltender before, too.
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But I get some interesting vibes from a few of these teams here with reference to their goaltending situations. And I do know Stuart Skinner was coming off a formidable shutout on the weekend. But how long is that going to last, given his history too, in order that goaltending carousel. I ponder, if it’s going to start out to choose up some steam here in the following couple of weeks?”
Dave Pagnotta: “I mean, Chicago might, might form of start things off in that regard. Such as you mentioned with Brossoit and them making him available, or letting it know that, that he’s available, giving his camp the chance to talk to other teams, to attempt to help facilitate something.
You talk, you have a look at a few of these clubs, and, I mean, you reference injuries, it’s not only the skaters, right, not only the blokes up front. Obviously, it’s affecting the web minders too. With all the pieces that they’ve gotten, we’ve seen some others like, you recognize, (Anthony) Stolarz out of motion for an prolonged time frame, longer than the Leafs originally thought. Good thing. They’ve got (Joseph) Woll back and, you recognize, (Denis) Hildeby has been pretty solid when called upon.
I feel teams really have to judge where they’re at and in the event that they’re going to make moves. Just like the Oilers, for instance, in the event that they’re going to make moves, where’s one of the best area to try to enhance? Is it really the goaltending, or are we higher suited fixing up our bottom six and attempting to get that contained more? Do we’d like a more rugged defenseman to form of shut things down somewhat bit otherwise, and to provide our goaltenders that rather more help?
Like teams are this, having to judge where they’re at financially, and is it more useful to plug one other area versus between the pipes? And I don’t know if we’ll see an excessive amount of activity across the board.
We actually know Pittsburgh has a number of net minders, they usually’ve been on the market within the last couple of weeks and hearing what’s happening with (Tristan) Jarry and so forth. But I just don’t know if we’ll see an excessive amount of activity this season with respect to the goaltenders.
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And we might even see just a few, 1, 2, 3, form of, form of move here. But anything impactful for teams that need it, like Edmonton, I don’t know if we’re going to see an excessive amount of happening here all year long. I feel it’s other areas that a few of these teams may concentrate on.
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