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Originally Posted by Jmac

He's not good/healthy enough to be a starter. Too expensive to be a backup. Ideal situation would be a 1A/1B for him.

Hard to see anyone picking him up just because of the position... Lots of goalies, only 60 NHL jobs

He's actually good enough with his numbers to be a starter. Just not healthy enough to play that many games.

Didn't he break his foot from kicking the boards in practice?

[Jmac]

Based on a single good half-season. I mean, Pavelec was the best goaltender for a few months in 2010, then he fell off the face of the earth. Decent goalies can be very impressive in short bursts, but the really talented goaltenders are solid month-to-month, year-to-year.

He's never been a starter and now he's 30 going on 31. Career-high is 34 games in a season (and that's behind a rather unimpressive Backstrom since Lemaire left). He's never really had the conditioning or the talent to be a 60+ game starter and, obviously, now having MS means he likely never will.

It wasn't practice, apparently. It was an off-ice altercation with a teammate.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey...ll_report.html

Spoiler!

The Minnesota Wild have suspended goaltender Josh Harding after he broke his foot while kicking a wall, according to a report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
The move comes as the Wild agreed to a new contract with another goalie, Darcy Kuemper.
After battling during the summer over whether Kuemper should get a one-way or two-way deal, the Wild and the goaltender agreed to a two-year, $2.5 million contract on Thursday night.
It’s a one-way deal, meaning that he will get paid the same regardless of whether he’s sent to the American Hockey League.
That aspect of the contract was important because both Harding and Niklas Backstrom were healthy after missing the end of last season with an illness and injury, respectively. Chances were that Kuemper would have started the season in the minors.
But that all changed because Harding is out indefinitely with a broken right foot.
The Star Tribune, meanwhile, reported that the Wild have suspended Harding because the incident took place off the ice when the goalie kicked a wall. Harding won’t get paid while he’s out with the injury.
The team would not confirm the report.

Harding won the Masterton Trophy (perseverance) in 2012-13 for playing with multiple sclerosis. He was one of the league’s top goalies last season before the need to adjust his medication forced him to the sidelines for the second season in a row.
He has one year left on his contract. Backstrom, who had an abdominal injury and a concussion last season, has two years left.
Kuemper, 24, had a 12-8-4 record, 2.43 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage last season, most of it after a January promotion. He suffered an injury in March and also during the playoffs as the Wild used five goalies in 2013-14.
The team will hit the ice on Friday with Backstrom and Kuemper as the main goalies. Ilya Brzygalov, who was acquired by the Wild last season but wasn’t re-signed during the summer, is also in camp on a professional tryout contract agreed to after the Harding injury.

[Renthal]

kevin connauton was placed on waivers as well today

[CRS]

Originally Posted by Renthal

kevin connauton was placed on waivers as well today

I would pick Connauton up on waivers. Seems like a weird move by Nill.

Around 12 mins of ice time, a plus 4 rating, and a cap hit of under 700k.

[Renthal]

i remember watching the canucks tv segments on kevin.. I wonder if he does get scooped up.

Connauton has two assists in eight games this season and had eight points in 36 games as a rookie last year but hasn't been able to earn playing time over Jamie Oleksiak or the newly recalled John Klingberg. The move could be to get him some more playing time at the AHL level, clear space for some sort of other move or just give the Stars more flexibility with the roster over the next month if he clears.

Connauton, 24, has a cap hit of $683,000 and is in the second year of a three year contract. If the plan is to send him to the Texas Stars, Dallas would need to call up another defensemen (or acquire one via other means) to carry a full roster of seven.

[Nabatron]

If Canucks do inquire for cannaughton I'm guessing WD will have some say since he coached him in the AHL

[6o4__boi]

lol it'd be nice if he got picked up again...could use some more depth on defence

and it'll help correct part of the mistake that was derek roy

[sonick]

CBJ claims Connauton

[Expresso]

Everyone spoke too soon lol

[spoon.ek9]

damn, would have been a good move to get him back

[Jmac]

Harding cleared waivers

[Bouncing Bettys]

9-2 and I ain't even mad

[k3mps]

for those of you that go to the canucks super skills events, how long are are they?

I have to be in whistler that night, and the greyhound leaves at either 3 or 7, with no in between!

[XplicitLuder]

that leafs pounding

[Tegra_Devil]

Flames with the win again!

[Ch28]

Originally Posted by Tegra_Devil

Flames with the win again!

[Tegra_Devil]

Jelly

[bobbinka]

LOL, Hansen scores on a break away. He must have read the last few pages on here

[HonestTea]

Hansen. Breakaway. SCORES?!!

[CRS]

Hansen breakaway haters, where you at?

[Sentinel]

About time he got a breakway goal.

[fliptuner]

I saw the puck on the red line...next thing it was in the back of the net.

Hansen must be invisible.

[fliptuner]

Scrivens went down pretty easy there.

[CRS]

Fucking laser beam by Vrbata.

[Sentinel]

Vrbadass!