Why was Garon not signed by the Kings?

[Leo Dem]

Garon's stats last year were decent. He was a good, not great, goalie. Considering what we had I am still unclear why he was not signed. Anyone ever hear of why they did not want to sign Garon?

Again, I think it's all part of Lombardi's conspiracy. Same reason Crawford switches players. One more year of mediocre play to get a good pick and really build this team up.

[BDTR]

He just wasn't consistent enough. I think the main concern was that he could play big sometimes, but just when you think he could be "the guy", he would have a couple bad (or just not-so-good) games, and that's exactly what a #1 guy can't do. I think DL thought he was ok or good enough for the time, but just couldn't see him carrying this team down the line. He had good numbers, but that's because they're averaged over his good and bad games.

I'm glad he seems to have found a good home though. As long as he doesn't EVER knock the Kings out of the playoffs, I wont really mind that he left.

[DiehardKingsFan]

why would Garon want to return here after getting slapped in the face when we traded for Cloutier?

[Vargsmal]

seriously why care? asking this **** won't bring him back. move on.

[Telefunken]

So that we could get STAMKOS. (Or Doughty.)

[MuPPeT666]

Originally Posted by Vargsmal

seriously why care? asking this **** won't bring him back. move on.

Ex-****ing-zactly!

[Leo Dem]

Originally Posted by MuPPeT666

Ex-****ing-zactly!

Why would you even click to read the post if you don't care or if it doesn't interest you? Let alone take the time to respond to it.

Easiest way to move on. Don't read a post if you don't like the title.

[Byatch1979]

He was good, but not good enough. The story of his career really, and goalies like that don't make a difference with the Kings. Might as well just go with Labs.

[Leatherface]

JLB, under contract and AHL player of the year.
Cloutier under contract and hopefully rebounding a bit. (we all know how this went...)

Garon, inconsistent, glove mechanic problems, and injury problems last year.

All this team needs is stop-gap goaltending right now. The organization as a whole isnt ready to make the playoffs, let alone contend.

[Jim Jones]

When he got the chance to be #1, he either got injured or just couldn't get the job done.

Besides, JLB was still under contract (RFA technically). It's better they way it is now [clear starter (JLB) and clear back-up (Aubin)] than JLB and Garon alternating.

[Brown23]

Originally Posted by Leo Dem

Garon's stats last year were decent. He was a good, not great, goalie. Considering what we had I am still unclear why he was not signed. Anyone ever hear of why they did not want to sign Garon?

Again, I think it's all part of Lombardi's conspiracy. Same reason Crawford switches players. One more year of mediocre play to get a good pick and really build this team up.

There are many different perspectives from what you may hear about "why didn't Garon get re-signed by the Kings" from other peoples point of view.

But from what I do know is the reasons why Garon not re-sign with Kings is because:

1) When Cloutier got traded to Kings, Garon thought he be the man between pipes.
2) Garon felt with the rebuild that DL has in place, that Garon himself wasn't apart of it.
3) Garon *suppose-of-ly* had a not so much of positive attitude in the dressing room. But couple weeks ago from what I hear with the insource I have with the Edmonton Oilers that, Torres, said to my friend that Garon is actually a good person in the room. (I do got insights with the team believe it or not)

So that is the breakdown I hear of about the whole thing.

[Leatherface]

Originally Posted by Brown23

There are many different perspectives from what you may hear about "why didn't Garon get re-signed by the Kings" from other peoples point of view.

But from what I do know is the reasons why Garon not re-sign with Kings is because:

1) When Cloutier got traded to Kings, Garon thought he be the man between pipes.
2) Garon felt with the rebuild that DL has in place, that Garon himself wasn't apart of it.
3) Garon *suppose-of-ly* had a not so much of positive attitude in the dressing room. But couple weeks ago from what I hear with the insource I have with the Edmonton Oilers that, Torres, said to my friend that Garon is actually a good person in the room. (I do got insights with the team believe it or not)

So that is the breakdown I hear of about the whole thing.

Garon wasnt offered a contract.