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For the second day in a row, there is a NHL prepared goaltender on waivers. Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes did not chunk on Kaapo Kahkonen who was reclaimed by the Winnipeg Jets after the Colorado Avalanche poached him from there on October 11.
Yesterday afternoon although, the Anaheim Geese determined to place veteran netminder James Reimer on waivers. The 36-year-old veteran is on a one-year expiring deal and has performed in 503 NHL video games thus far.
Granted, he is hasn’t seemed nice within the two video games he performed on this season, dropping them each whereas posting a 4.50 goals-against common and a .864 save proportion. Over the course of his profession, he has a 215-179-63 report, a 2.89 GAA and a .910 SP.
Final season, he performed 25 video games with the Detroit Crimson Wings holding a 3.11 GAA and a .904 SP. Whereas these aren’t quantity to put in writing dwelling about, given the present predicament the Canadiens discover themselves in, it might simply be an attention-grabbing avenue to think about.
After all, Hughes might additionally place a name to the Laval Rocket and name up both Connor Hughes or Jakub Dobes if he considers it is time to shake issues up just a little. Technically talking, he would not even need to waive Primeau to introduce one other goaltender to the combination because the Canadiens solely have 22 gamers on their roster proper now, that means there’s nonetheless one spot out there.
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Throughout coaching camp Dobes was fairly spectacular to observe and in 5 video games with the Rocket thus far this season, he has a 4-1 report, a 2.42 GAA and a .908 SP. That is his second season within the AHL and he is on tempo for vital enchancment. Nevertheless, he did maintain a lower-body harm and has simply returned to play this previous weekend.
As for Hughes (the Laval goaltender, not the Montreal GM), his report is much more spectacular thus far this season. That is the 28-year-old London, Ontario native’s first season within the AHL as he went to play abroad again in 2017-18 after going undrafted. In six video games this season, he has a 5-1 report with a 1.94 GAA and a .931 GAA.
The query is right here, is Hughes (the GM) able to pluck a goaltender from the farm staff whereas Pascal Vincent’s males are on such a sizzling streak? Whereas the primary goal of the farm staff is to assist the NHL staff, proper now, the younger Rocket lineup is having fun with large success and it’s little doubt good for his or her confidence to take action.
Ought to one of many two goaltenders be known as up, they may discover the NHL sport is far sooner than the AHL caliber. Dobes remains to be younger and won’t be able to make the soar whereas Hughes is granted older however has much less AHL expertise than Dobes. Since leaving North America, he performed with quite a few completely different groups in Swiss leagues.
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Claiming Reimer would not miss with the great factor Vincent has obtained entering into Laval and can be danger free. The Canadiens are set to apply at 10:30 this morning they usually’ll be taking off for Minnesota at 2:00 PM this afternoon. If there are not any “new” faces at apply, it can both imply the GM has determined to stay along with his present tandem or he is put in a declare for the veteran netminder, time will inform…
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