Follow @InfernalAccess on Twitter Be sure to join the Discord channel to talk hockey, and everything else, with our writers and subscribers. By CJ Turtoro (@CJTDevil) Sometime during the Sabres game on Thursday – I can’t remember if it was the first shorthanded goal from the neutral zone, the second shorthanded goal that would’ve sailed wide if Andrew Hammond hadn’t kicked it in, or the fourth goal where a whiffed wrister from a rookie defender slid sluggishly through his five hole – I tweeted
As I said somewhere, Fitz has a problem. It's easy for us non-GMs to say he has to go out and get one or two "good" goalies. He, unfortunately has two guys under contract for next year who were projected by everyone (?) to be above average. Blackwood was even being touted for the Canadian Olympic team in November. So $7M tied up in them. Get a possible average one could easily cost another $3-4M. $10M tied up in goalies. A second will get us to at least $12M.
And a problem if our two incumbents return to form. I suspect that he is going to try to make what we have work unless he can trade our #1 pick and a player(s) for someone GOOD like Spencer Knight. I hope it works out.
As I said somewhere, Fitz has a problem. It's easy for us non-GMs to say he has to go out and get one or two "good" goalies. He, unfortunately has two guys under contract for next year who were projected by everyone (?) to be above average. Blackwood was even being touted for the Canadian Olympic team in November. So $7M tied up in them. Get a possible average one could easily cost another $3-4M. $10M tied up in goalies. A second will get us to at least $12M.
And a problem if our two incumbents return to form. I suspect that he is going to try to make what we have work unless he can trade our #1 pick and a player(s) for someone GOOD like Spencer Knight. I hope it works out.