Running 2022-23 NHL thread

Jaro Halak is turning into a major problem for the Rangers. He is 0-5-1 in his starts so far. Last night, two incredibly soft goals, and the third was a save most goalies make. Last 5 starts, Shesterkin has looked close to what he was last year. You can't have that much of a dropoff from your starter to you backup. The Rangers stashed Louis Domingue in the AHL, but Halak has a no-move, including the minors, in his contract. It's a problem.

 

Totally agree, except the starter part. They didn’t get him as a starter. But there were a bunch of back-up goalies available, and they signed him on day 1, for more $$ than some other good options. So he was clearly who they had targeted. They got the benefit of the doubt from me, cause 1) Benoit Allaire, their goalie coach has been a miracle worker in the past. Every player he gets turns into a better goalie. They don’t make a goalie move without him involved, so I figured it must be ok. Plus, if you are a Rangers fan, you’d seen Halak kill your team over the years. He always turned into super goalie when he played against ny. But yeah, that no move is a killer right now. It’s the in the same pattern of Drury paying too much, or giving extra years to try to make sure he secures who they targeted. They extended Ryan Reaves for a year at $1.75 million right after they traded for him. He was already proving he was too slow last year, this year he was a healthy scratch a bunch of games in a row. They are up against the cap, though. If they waived him, and he cleared to the AHL, it would have cost them a few million of accumulated cap space at the trade deadline. Drury got lucky with Minnesota bailing him out and trading for Reaves.