If only the Kings had kept Garon/traded for Bryzgalov

[Dominic Lavoie]

I'd rather have Huet although I admit to having been excited about Garon when he was acquired.

[Bandit]

Originally Posted by KOPI! PEVS!

Not very smart are you?

Condescending piece of ****, I'm not in a great mood - but at least back up your posts with some ****ing content instead of just non-stop jabs and insults, which is all I ever see you do.

Looks like someone needs a nap...

[Leatherface]

I love that now stories are coming out about gretz disapproving of how Bryz treats his teammates when times are tough...

might have been a good move on deans part.

[gescom]

Originally Posted by CBGB

At the time Bryzgalov was traded, Phoenix was 7-10-0 and the Kings were 8-8-1.

Bryzgalov went 26-21-4 = 56 points in 51 games
Garon went 26-18-1 = 53 points in 45 games

We would have finished in the exact same spot we're in now.

What's the point?

those numbers would've had the Kings dead last by one point (Garon) or ahead of Tampa by two (Bryzgalov).

what's the point indeed!

[EvanP]

Originally Posted by KOPI! PEVS!

You think Garon would of gotten us into 9th - 12th seed?

Ahaha, aha.

Goaltending is NOT our onlyproblem.

ftfy

[ASUcruz]

Originally Posted by VisionQuest

I love that now stories are coming out about gretz disapproving of how Bryz treats his teammates when times are tough...

Gretzky doesn't like it, then he remembers what is was like when he had David LeNeveu or Mikael Tellqvist in net!

[gescom]

Originally Posted by ASUcruz

Gretzky doesn't like it, then he remembers what is was like when he had David LeNeveu or Mikael Tellqvist in net!

then realizes that instead of giving $12 Million to an egocentric goaltender, he could have possibly gotten his hands on Steve Stamkos this summer.

[ASUcruz]

Originally Posted by gescom

then realizes that instead of giving $12 Million to an egocentric goaltender, he could have possibly gotten his hands on Steve Stamkos this summer.

I can see why they did it. No goalies in the pipeline(extension was pre Montoya) and they had been searching for a goalie for quite some time. The goalie the staff was really high on was this kid Josh Tordjman, an undrafted free agent!

I think it was worth the gamble on Bryzgalov just to potentially solve that problem and move forward to try and fix other areas. Maybe they'll finally get Blake Wheeler into the fold!

[Wolvie]

Originally Posted by VisionQuest

I love that now stories are coming out about gretz disapproving of how Bryz treats his teammates when times are tough...

might have been a good move on deans part.

I think Bryzgalov's public comments raised sufficient red flags. Remember the Giguere mess? The "it's just a game" interview? I can only imagine what the inside rumors were like...

Burke's not an idiot. There are lots of teams in need of goaltending, but he cut bait without a return. That says more than words can say.

And I wouldn't compliment Lombardi too much. At the breakfast, he suggested he's had second thoughts about that whole Bryzgalov thing. And I don't know that we wouldn't have extended him if we'd gotten him and he played well for us, though hopefully the Cloutier situation and the locker room situation of recent years would have given him pause.

[rajuabju]

Either Garon or Bryz on this team would have resulted in us not playing Aubin or Cloutier sufficiently to guarantee the top 3 pick we now own.

[Salty Dog]

Lombardi has done a helluva job making sure the Kings reputation of crap goaltending doesn't get tarnished.