Start the season with Huet/Aebischer to see if Huet can replicate his performance from this season. If he does, move Aebischer and go with Huet/Danis the rest of the way. If not, platoon (to steal the baseball term) Huet/Aebischer and play the hot hand.
Yeah, good idea. He's very good at improving goalies. I'm sure he'll find his shortcomings quickly and improve them fast enough.
No, seriously, it was a joke, and I bet it was one from sXe too. Maybe because it's a bit early to tell what the best combination would be, as we don't know what Huet's demands will be and if Aebi would accept a back-up / platoon #1 role.
Start the season with Huet/Aebischer to see if Huet can replicate his performance from this season. If he does, move Aebischer and go with Huet/Danis the rest of the way. If not, platoon (to steal the baseball term) Huet/Aebischer and play the hot hand.
I think we would lose Danis on waivers if we were to send him down after training camp
Not true. His brief callup to Hamilton after his last college season doesn't count as a season, so he only has two years, and doesn't have to pass through waivers.
Start the year with both. This way we have until the trade deadline to make a decision and Huet will have a full year playing with the Habs. I think its the safest wayt to go.
Not true. His brief callup to Hamilton after his last college season doesn't count as a season, so he only has two years, and doesn't have to pass through waivers.
Actually it does count in the new cba, so he is a group VI UFA.
From the new cba,
Group 6 Free Agents.
(i) Means any Player who is age 25 or older who has completed three (3) or more professional seasons, whose SPC has expired and: (i) in the case of a Player other than a goaltender, has played less than 80 NHL Games, or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, has played less than 28 NHL Games (for the purpose of this definition, a goaltender must have played a minimum of thirty (30) minutes in an NHL Game to register a game played). For the purposes of the foregoing, the term professional season shall: (A) for a Player aged 18 or 19, mean any season in which such Player plays in eleven (11) or more Professional Games (including NHL Regular Season and Playoff Games, minor league regular season and playoff games, and games played in any European professional league, while under an SPC), and (B) for a Player aged 20 or older, mean any season in which such Player plays in one or more Professional Games (including NHL Regular Season and Playoff Games, minor league regular season and playoff games, and games played in any European professional league, while under an SPC).
(ii) Any Group 6 Player shall, at the expiration of his SPC, become an Unrestricted Free Agent and shall be completely free to negotiate and sign an SPC with any Club, and any Club shall be completely free to negotiate and sign an SPC with such Player, without penalty or restriction, or being subject to any Right of First Refusal, Draft Choice Compensation or any other compensation or equalization obligation of any kind
