Trade

[Krang7]

The only thing I can think of, and someone said it before, but maybe this is just to have someone to backup Mosher for the little while that Lafleur is in NYC. Perhaps they aren't comfortable with having Waye as the backup.

Otherwise I can't make any sense of it.

[IslandersHKY]

krang7 said:

The only thing I can think of, and someone said it before, but maybe this is just to have someone to backup Mosher for the little while that Lafleur is in NYC. Perhaps they aren't comfortable with having Waye as the backup.

Otherwise I can't make any sense of it.

Or maybe Waye told them that he couldn't stick around for another month with school and such. If that is the case they would need to bring in a goalie to backup Mosher for a few weeks.

But them it has me wondering if that is all it was why didn't they just keep Clermont for a few more weeks. Not that he was very good but I doubt that Gelinas is much better and either way they should be sitting on the bench watching anyway and you keep your draft pick.

[peifan]

This is why they didnt keep Clermont.

www.peirocket.com/index.php?page=news&newsID=57

[IslandersHKY]

Thanks that helps clarify that.

Although Clermont is an 1989 and I thought CEGEP was for 17 yr olds although his birthday is in January so that is probably why.

Anyway that explains why they couldn't keep Clermont and likely is why they needed to add an 18 yr old goalie to sit on the bench for a few weeks.

[rocket9]

Cuts at Training Camp 2007 2007-08-27

Name Type Num. DOB Height Wight Pos. Shot From Prov.
Waye, Jon D 0 1991-01-05 6' 2" 166 lbs G L Fredericton NB

[rockon]

wingman said:

Not sure why Savard would make a trade for a goalie that has hardly played in the league. If it was someone with experience one could guess that Gelinas is being brought in to backup Lafleur because management didn't think Mosher could do the job. But with so little experience, perhaps Savard is looking for him to be the 3rd string goalie.

Perhaps you guys should be giving a little more credit to Savard?

[Krang7]

Hindsight is 20-20, of course.

[rockon]

krang7 said:

Hindsight is 20-20, of course.

and still no credit eh?

[Krang7]

Certainly he deserves credit for that move, and others as well. It's easy to say that now, looking back, is all I'm saying. At the time people were justifiably confused by the deal, considering we had an NHL drafted goaltender coming back from camp and a top prospect 17 year old goaltender to back him up.

[bois]

and people have repeatedly said what a steal Gelinas turned out to be

you don't hafta give credit over and over and over for the same thing

[countsheep]

bois said:

and people have repeatedly said what a steal Gelinas turned out to be

you don't hafta give credit over and over and over for the same thing

Why not?

We've assigned blame over and over again for the same thing, so why not give credit where it's due?

This thread is a sober reminder of how wrong we can be sometimes.

[rockon]

bois said:

and people have repeatedly said what a steal Gelinas turned out to be

you don't hafta give credit over and over and over for the same thing

I would hardly think that such a statement represents credit to anyone, let alone `` over and over``......admit it, you guys just don’t like Rocket management. I would also like to give them some credit for hiring a reputable coaching team.

[bois]

I've said many times Serge makes good trades.. but he also makes bad ones.. quite often he does a little of both at the same time.. this thread actually proves that.. where is Little at?

I also don't think a single person (except walleee) said anything bad about the hiring of Guy Chouinard

[Krang7]

I think the biggest problem I've ever had with Serge's management as far as the hockey side of things is that he never seemed to have a plan. It always seemed like he was managing by the seat of his pants. I'm hopeful that Chouinard isn't going to continue that trend.

[wingman]

rockon said:

wingman said:

Not sure why Savard would make a trade for a goalie that has hardly played in the league. If it was someone with experience one could guess that Gelinas is being brought in to backup Lafleur because management didn't think Mosher could do the job. But with so little experience, perhaps Savard is looking for him to be the 3rd string goalie.

Perhaps you guys should be giving a little more credit to Savard?

Savard should be given credit for acquiring Gelinas and people have done that. I've even said in another post that it was a good pick up and that someone did their homework when they were scouting him.

If you had taken the same amount of time that it took to dig out a post that I had made almost 4 months ago, and try to find examples of people giving credit, you would have realized that people do give credit where credit is due.

wingman said:

Yes a good pickup, whoever was scouting him for the Rocket did their homework on him.