Screamindemon3
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Came here to post about Skinner
But we can finally dispose of any notion that there’s a great goalie somewhere inside him, waiting to emerge under the right circumstances, who has been unjustly let down by his teammates, his coaches and management over the past 14 months.
Since arriving here in what may have been the worst move of Ron Francis’ entire tenure as general manager – giving up a third-round pick for a guy who was about to become become a free agent, then using that exclusive negotiating window to pay through the nose on a four-year, $16.6 million contract – Darling has done nothing to affirm he’s an NHL goalie.
Last season, he cost his team any shot at the playoffs and his coach and general manager their jobs with one of the worst statistical seasons in modern NHL history after arriving out of shape. This season, the Hurricanes are on a 106-point pace with Curtis McElhinney or Petr Mrazek in net and a 59-point pace with Darling in net even though Darling’s save percentage is better than Mrazek’s, in part because of the soft goals Darling continued to give up and in part because his teammates played in constant and obvious fear of the soft goals Darling continued to give up.
Dundon in the news!
(The Habs are indeed wearing white right now)
Ovi has a Hattrick in each of his last two games...at age 33.
I got to see him do it tonight in Raleigh, which was an absolute thrill (the entire game was great and had a little bit of everything). His second goal never should’ve happened, though - textbook interference to set him up for the snipe.
I was there too. Lots of cap fans there. Most of them drunk. Lots of hats on the ice for Ovi.