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Pickard traded to Leafs

He's been assigned to the Marlies to start, but hopefully that's just because they still need to clear a roster spot for him (i.e. waive or trade McBackup).
 
CarltonTheBear said:
He's been assigned to the Marlies tos start, but hopefully that's just because they still need to clear a roster spot for him (i.e. waive or trade McBackup).
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I don't know, part of me thinks it's Sparks that they don't like, not McBackup... If Andy goes down, McBackup will need a suitable backup.

I think Sparks sucks and would have kept Bibeau over him.
 
I swear I was going to say something about him being a good waiver claim but...whatever. It's a solid move either way.
 
AvroArrow said:
I don't know, part of me thinks it's Sparks that they don't like, not McBackup... If Andy goes down, McBackup will need a suitable backup.

I think Sparks sucks and would have kept Bibeau over him.
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Bibeau has a 0.906 career save percentage in the AHL, and is coming off a season where he posted 0.894.

Sparks has a 0.922 career save percentage in the AHL, and is coming off a season where he posted 0.922.

Neither are likely NHL options, but there's really nothing to suggest that Sparks isn't a much better goalie than Bibeau right now.

You might be right though that they haven't soured on McBackup quite yet.
 
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First Borgman, now Pickard... who's next ???
 
Puts the pressure straight on McBackup. Pretty short leash with Pickers waiting to take that spot. He was pretty good a couple of years ago and not horrific on that horrific Avs team
 
CarltonTheBear said:
AvroArrow said:
I don't know, part of me thinks it's Sparks that they don't like, not McBackup... If Andy goes down, McBackup will need a suitable backup.

I think Sparks sucks and would have kept Bibeau over him.
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Bibeau has a 0.906 career save percentage in the AHL, and is coming off a season where he posted 0.894.

Sparks has a 0.922 career save percentage in the AHL, and is coming off a season where he posted 0.922.

Neither are likely NHL options, but there's really nothing to suggest that Sparks isn't a much better goalie than Bibeau right now.

You might be right though that they haven't soured on McBackup quite yet.
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I realize Sparks has posted better numbers in the A, but in their NHL stints (obviously very limited sample size, more so for Bibeau), I thought Bibeau was clearly superior to Sparks.

I feel like Sparks' shutout against Edmonton really blinded people.  That was against an atrocious Edmonton team that I believe was missing McDavid.  He was not good in that game and still came away with a shutout.
 
I also wonder what happens to Kask now - does he get dropped to the ECHL again?  I'd rather have him in the A developing.
 
https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/916397185834508288

Their Twitter account is better run than the team so far.
 
AvroArrow said:
I realize Sparks has posted better numbers in the A, but in their NHL stints (obviously very limited sample size, more so for Bibeau), I thought Bibeau was clearly superior to Sparks.
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I feel like this move is a pretty clear indication that management wasn't overly confident in any of their pro-level minor league goaltenders to be significant NHL contributors.
 
AvroArrow said:
I realize Sparks has posted better numbers in the A, but in their NHL stints (obviously very limited sample size, more so for Bibeau), I thought Bibeau was clearly superior to Sparks.

I feel like Sparks' shutout against Edmonton really blinded people.  That was against an atrocious Edmonton team that I believe was missing McDavid.  He was not good in that game and still came away with a shutout.
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I'm not really sure I'd call Bibeau's 2 NHL games a "stint". But like I said before, neither of them really have any NHL potential. MAYBE they can become half-decent back-up goalies, but there's like 60 of those guys kicking around so they aren't hard to acquire (we just picked up a likely pretty good one for basically nothing).
 
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