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You do if your GM/coach will continue to play the player unless he is truly off of the roster, ahead of much better options.
 
Volcanologist said:
Uh...why? He's an expiring deal, not Mike Komisarek.
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Sort of a tongue n' cheek post.

But as long as he's on the roster and he's healthy, Wilson will play him -- a lot. Which hurts the Leafs, at least in the short term. And probably in the long term as well because the young goalies have their development delayed.
 
PlayerToBeNamedLater said:
Sort of a tongue n' cheek post.

But as long as he's on the roster and he's healthy, Wilson will play him -- a lot. Which hurts the Leafs, at least in the short term. And probably in the long term as well because the young goalies have their development delayed.
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in fairness to wilson it sounds like it's burke who wants to go back to giggy. i think wilson is just fine running with reimer -- hell, today looks like a last ditch plea to burke to let him stay up. how often do coaches play the same goalie in a back-to-back?

in any event, if reimer is (stupidly) demoted then i hope to god they go back to giggy... because i have way more faith in him providing competent goaltending than gus. gus looks like a total mess out there. giguere has at least had a few good stretches this year. gustavsson has just pretty much stunk.
 
you can send Gus down on a 5 game conditioning stint as well... you don't have to have a clear injury. I think that would be good... give gus 5 games in the A to get his confidence up.
 
getting giguere on recallables might not be such a bad idea. at $3mn a team is likely to take him.. and truth be told, he's a sunk cost this year, anyways. they already have $3.5 in cap space because of finger... and that's a full $3.5 (with callups probably down to about $2.8 or $3, i'd guess).

if they were to lose giguere to recallables right now that would be $1.5mn in additinoal space. so they would have about $4.5mn in cap space.. that's a $9mn salary, since we're halfway through the year. so basically they'd have the money, without deleting anybody from the roster, to bring in whoever they wanted.
 
This is a tough situation for everyone (Burke, Wilson, Giggy, Gustavsson, Reimer). Burke has quite the dilemma on his hands here: He has a goalie playing great right now (Reimer), and one coming back from injury (Giggy), and one backup (the monster), you know how the saying goes.... 3's a crowd. If he sends Reimer down, then that sends a bad message to Reimer "hey listen kid your playing great, but its not cutting it, your being sent down", this will defintely **** up his development. Assuming Remier goes down we have Giggy/Monster and Giggy whiles he's been OK, his groin injury is a major risk, the monster also has shown he doesnt have the mental toughness to play a solid game. On the other hand, if he sends down Giggy/Monster it sends a bad message to any possible FA's who want to come here. If I were Burke I dunno, I'd ask Giggy if he wants to take on a goaltending coach position, that way he can still be in TO and still be earning a paycheque to support his famly. Remier has been good, he deserves a shot to shine, he's earned it, but at the same time it isnt fair to anyone else either. Very tough situation we got here folks.
 
msun30 said:
getting giguere on recallables might not be such a bad idea. at $3mn a team is likely to take him.. and truth be told, he's a sunk cost this year, anyways. they already have $3.5 in cap space because of finger... and that's a full $3.5 (with callups probably down to about $2.8 or $3, i'd guess).

if they were to lose giguere to recallables right now that would be $1.5mn in additinoal space. so they would have about $4.5mn in cap space.. that's a $9mn salary, since we're halfway through the year. so basically they'd have the money, without deleting anybody from the roster, to bring in whoever they wanted.
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It's a nice idea, but there's no way Burke does that to a veteran that he's obviously loyal to. If Giguere moves, it's not going to happen without Burke getting his agreement. But it's good at least to see JSG opening the door to that possibility, and that he may have realized on his own that he's got no future with this organization.

As for sending Giguere down on a conditioning stint, I'm pretty sure that a player has to be coming off IR for a team to be allowed to do that, and I don't think Giguere's been on IR while he's been out. And it's funny...if anyone needs a conditioning stint in the AHL, it's Gus, frankly.
 
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