Comments on: Howson prepared to go with Bobrovsky-Mason tandem

By: davebabychreturns

davebabychreturns — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:47:43 +0000

“We learned our lesson betting an entire season on an inconsistent, sometimes shaky young goaltender. Now we have two of them.”

By: lordfletcher

lordfletcher — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:46:29 +0000

I think you are right but it was smart for him to turn down that deal at the time…. he will most likely get something just a bit better today.

If your trading Nash, you need to get something that will guarantee work in the long run, I don’t think Bishop / Zibanejad / Foligno does that…. Both have good potential but nothing proven in the deal to make Howson pull the trigger.

I do think Ottawa gave a great package for Nash but Howson is gun hold on something else, we will find out… if nothing else comes in today, he will have failed BADLY in my eyes

cheers

By: sens101

sens101 — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:30:25 +0000

and I should add that this would all contribute to organizational depth at all positions.

By: sens101

sens101 — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:28:53 +0000

true. I dont disagree with that. Theres no point in getting an older goalie. I just felt like the deal that the sens offered with Bishop, Foligno, Zibanejad and the first round pick was a way better fit for the jackets for the rebuilding process, and in my opinion, Bishop has more upside than bob, though brobovsky is three years younger. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to be biased because I dont even know if I want the sens to get Nash if its going to cost that much but i think if he pulled the trigger on that deal, he would have had greater leverage in that he could have used his excess picks draft or trade for more young players.

By: paperkid96

paperkid96 — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:03:25 +0000

He sure put a lot of confidence in his new goalie didnt he. Wow. Must be employed because nobody else in the world will move to C-bus.

By: lordfletcher

lordfletcher — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Whats the difference?

If he would get any goalie in the league, the Blue Jackets will still be a re-building team and will miss the playoffs for another 2 years, minimum.

Why not bring in a young goalie than someone like Luongo, whom he still might trade for if Vancouver is willing to take Mason.

I think the move makes sense, and was smart to not get pressured into doing anything “extreme”

-Wild fan.

By: ikillchicken

ikillchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:33:02 +0000

If the only good thing you can say about your goaltender is “He was sometimes better than Bryzgalov” then you’re in serious trouble.

By: babar61

babar61 — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:31:09 +0000

He has to have some kind of dirt on people to still be a gm. There is no other explination.

By: sens101

sens101 — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:19:45 +0000

how does he still have a job? lol. I don’t really know how this improves the goaltending situation that much. Maybe it creates a little bit of competition for the young goalies, but with the lack of deptht that the team has both up front and on the blue line, both are probably set up for failure.