tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148461224473220694.post4457583836945959609..comments2024-03-27T06:03:35.695-04:00Comments on Brodeur is a Fraud: Hey Ottawa: Blame the Scoring, Not the GoalieThe Contrarian Goaltenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433370306939690205noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148461224473220694.post-34343699145703187342009-03-11T00:07:00.000-04:002009-03-11T00:07:00.000-04:00What the hell is the matter with all these GM's? T...What the hell is the matter with all these GM's? They should know by now that is impossible for a good goalie to play on a strong defensive team. I mean, its so obvious that any goalie putting up good numbers on a good team must be a fraud. The only ones they should want to get are those guys who have never won a thing but posted decent save percentages on horrible teams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148461224473220694.post-30880517428288115272009-03-06T14:56:00.000-05:002009-03-06T14:56:00.000-05:00Scott: I think the pick went to Ottawa.Scott: I think the pick went to Ottawa.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190620732067746768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148461224473220694.post-66479907383821143282009-03-05T21:42:00.000-05:002009-03-05T21:42:00.000-05:00This trade is just terrible from Ottawa. Columbus...This trade is just terrible from Ottawa. Columbus had a player with negative value for them and managed to convince Murray that he should give up one of his better secondary forwards and a pretty good pick. Good on Columbus though. Howson did really well here.Scott Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05735545121522530577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148461224473220694.post-91082415292851870262009-03-05T14:40:00.000-05:002009-03-05T14:40:00.000-05:00I was very disappointed to see this trade. I hoped...I was very disappointed to see this trade. I hoped Murray might have learned not to overpay for mediocre goaltending from the Gerber and Emery contracts, and the Sens could finally go with a cheap and reasonably effective pair of goalies, Detroit style.<BR/><BR/>I guess it was too much to hope for. Old dogs don't learn new tricks, and Murray's stuck in the worst kind of conventional wisdom regarding goalies at this point.<BR/><BR/>I completely agree with Joe's points above about Ottawa's cap situation and depth, and if the cap goes down they'll be in a bad situation.<BR/><BR/>Great trade for Columbus, as they unload a big contract that they had no use for and pick up a good all-around forward in Vermette. The only nit to pick is that Vermette won't provide the power play help they need, although he's an excellent penalty killer.overpasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05106889069832791092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148461224473220694.post-17303354023274467072009-03-05T14:18:00.000-05:002009-03-05T14:18:00.000-05:00My thoughts exactly, but even more damning is the ...My thoughts exactly, but even more damning is the fact that Ottawa, being a cash and cap strapped team is now going to also be shelling out 3.8 million a year for a backup goalie, who had one good year, in a highly defensive system. Not only did they give away what little bit of depth they had, but the return not only doesn't fix the goaltending situation, but it also serves to handcuff them financially even more, exacerbating the problem of being unable to bring in significant scoring depth.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892367633984292438noreply@blogger.com