If one of them gets injured, the bullpen is inhabited by one Alex Stalock, who is 34 and hasn’t played a game since the pandemic struck. In the interim, Stalock has battled a Covid-induced heart condition called myocarditis.
Yes, Peter Chiarelli’s parting present is the gift that keeps on giving here in Northern Alberta. With one season remaining at $4.5 million, Koskinen’s cap hit ranks as the 19th most expensive among all NHL goalies. He makes roughly twice as much as Smith and has an inexplicable 15-team No Movement Clause as well.
Here’s the problem: Smith is an excellent backup who would challenge a No. 1 in a very healthy way. The problem is, he is Edmonton’s best guy. They need someone better than Smith to fill out their tandem, and Koskinen isn’t that guy.For now however, Edmonton will try to make do, while developing the next starter among an interesting crop of candidates.
At 23, he is the rare smaller goalie, listed at 5-foot-11. But he has seasoning that even Skinner can not claim, having played 111 games in the second-best league in the world. He’s been impressive at Rookie camp, and is likely destined to split duties in Bakersfield with Skinner. May the best man win.A second-round pick in ’18, Rodrigue was a high pedigree amateur who rep’ed Team Canada at the U-16, U-18 and U-20 tournaments. Now he’s a second-year pro and likely destined for the No.
Spec Kuemper was right there, not to mention wallstedt
Spec They tried? What did they try? They torched all their cap space and tied up all their picks and traded all the young D chips for magic beans. Man, Holland could piss on the Gretzky statue and all the media would applaud.
Spec John Gibson is waiting.
Spec We shoulda drafted Wallstedt instead of Bourgeau. Missed opportunity
Spec So combined age of 72 good luck with that oilers.
Spec How many goalies changed teams this offseason? 16? 17? 18? And Edmonton didn’t get one. Instead committing over $13 million to Keith, Ceci, and Barrie was a priority.
Spec I think 'scoured' might be a tad generous!
Spec Smith is good, had a real good season last year and I think can have a good season this year too if they manage his games right, bright side is koskinen is in his last year of his deal
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