Sparks signs 1-year extension

[Kin]

I think generally speaking you want your team to have two goalies you're confident in and who are competing for the #1 job but that issue is going to be addressed via internal development. Nobody the Leafs could afford on the UFA market is going to become that #1B.

And, really, regardless of whether or not the Leafs could afford that kind of goalie, what they'd probably sign for would be too much to pay for someone who ideally would start 30 or fewer games in a season.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Has anyone from team actually said they want to give Andersen more nights off?

Or is that something that fans and media talk about and assume the team feels the same way?

Even when he had McBackup posting a .934 Sv% last season Babcock still started Andersen in pretty much every single game. Safe to think the quality of the back-up isn't what's driving Babcock's mentality there.

Wins and only wins drive coaches.

 

[caver]

Given the weird pattern of goaltender development and the general inconsistency of goaltender play I think it's pretty misguided to ever say you'll know how a goalie will do next year, especially when a goalie is 25 and getting their first real taste of NHL play.

Agreed....Devan Dubnyk looked like a bust for a few years....