Josh Harding just became a career back-up goalie
Just got pulled in his first game in relief of the injured Backstrom. 6 goals on 29 shots. Terrible!
He may get the lion's share of the starts down the stretch but it's hard to believe he has instilled any confidence for the future.
I bet there are a lot of GM's glad they didn't pull the trigger and acquire this guy.
Feel bad for him he started the season so well.
Said this in another thread, but I fully expected this to happen tonight.
I believe it was in Friedman's latest 30 thoughts, where he discussed why some teams didn't take a chance on Josh Harding, and some of the GMs he spoke to mentioned that they didn't think that Harding could thrive without a solid team system in place.
Minnesota just traded all of their shut down defensemen to get puck movers. This was a bloodbath waiting to happen.
Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!
This guy doesn't seem to get the breaks...ever...and isn't doing himself any favours now that he is getting a chance to prove others wrong. This little run may be his last chance to prove he could be a reliable starter as Minnesota is watered down and needs him to play well the next couple of weeks in order to have a chance to make the playoffs.
12 Team Keeper (max 4 years) ($270 RLD)
Start 12 F, 6 D, and 2 G weekly
STATS: F (G,A,GWG) D (G,A,+/-) G (W,GAA,SV%)
FWD -
DEF-
GOAL-
To be fair, the Wings at home isn't really a fair test of anyone in the league - let's see how it goes from here.
Put Hackett in there.
16 team, start 20 players, full keeper. 2 points for goals, 1 for A, PPA, PPG. 4 for goalie win. NHL Cap numbers.
C: McDavid, Kadri, Couturier, Marner
W: E. Lindholm, W. Nylander, N. Ritchie, Silfverberg, Teravainen, JVR, Puljujarvi, S. Reinhart
D: OEL, Fowler, Gardiner, Hamilton, Matheson, Reilly
G: Lundqvist, Schneider, Hutton
Bench: Guentzel, Leblanc
I agree.Originally Posted by b0ndon
I think the damage is done here. Unless he turns it around and plays spectacularly down the stretch. I can't see that happening.
If he struggles for the rest of the season does he even get an offer from another team this summer?
My buddy Hackett is really starting to make a name for himself!
The League in London (20 Team Multi-Cat H2H $100 Dynasty League) - Season 11
... In memory of "The Net Detective"
C Pinto kDach Hayton Roy / Lowry Bjugstad Blueger Carrick
LW Lehkonen Knies kJohnson Greenway / Laferriere Reichel Luostarinen Kartye Grebyonkin Buchelnikov
RW Quinn Joseph Roslovic Chinakhov / Kakko Glass Brink O'Connor Holmberg Berggren Tuomaala
D Werenski Hronek Power Guhle McCabe Roy / Gudas Raddysh Pachal Evans Cormier
G Swayman / Hill Mrazek Ivanov Kokko
Agreed, by no means is Harding cooked for the rest of his career or anything of the sort....but Minnesota clearly isn't where he is going to thrive IMO.
Hell, I don't expect any goalie to be able to thrive there after the moves they made.
Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!
Really? You had to make that pun?
Kudos!
Harding has some time to show his mettle (both to Chicago and future owners), and he'll do better than this.
What? I didn't mean it like that... I'm just happy to see a friend I grew up playing hockey with do so well at the NHL level.
The League in London (20 Team Multi-Cat H2H $100 Dynasty League) - Season 11
... In memory of "The Net Detective"
C Pinto kDach Hayton Roy / Lowry Bjugstad Blueger Carrick
LW Lehkonen Knies kJohnson Greenway / Laferriere Reichel Luostarinen Kartye Grebyonkin Buchelnikov
RW Quinn Joseph Roslovic Chinakhov / Kakko Glass Brink O'Connor Holmberg Berggren Tuomaala
D Werenski Hronek Power Guhle McCabe Roy / Gudas Raddysh Pachal Evans Cormier
G Swayman / Hill Mrazek Ivanov Kokko
its 1 game and against Detroit at the Joe. Granted Detroit isnt very good at home this year.
UFHP - Y! 12 GMs - 23/8 pro/farm - keep 17 + all farm
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, FW; GS, W, L, GA, GAA, SA, SV, SV%, SHO
C: Backstrom, Crosby, Little, Zetterberg, Rask
LW: Foligno, Ehlers, Skinner, Hartnell, Jokinen, Ladd
RW: Tarasenko, Kessel, Nash, Marner
D: Keith, Karlsson, Klingberg, Werenski, Barrie, Manson
G: Price, Murray, Andersen
Farm:
C: Keller
LW: Fiala, Heinen
RW: Gurianov
D: Sergachev, Beaulieu, Manning, Borowiecki
G: Forsberg, Driedger
Hackett 2nd star of the game tonight.
Harding drops the ball, Hackett picks it up............
My Buddy Hackett. He describes a lot of past experiences, but tending goal isn't one of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OabwugHKs10
I still can't tell if you're serious or not! lol
Limited Keeper - Keep 5
Auction draft with a budget of $600. Whatever is left becomes your acquisition budget for the season. At the end of the season 50% of your budget is carried over to the next year.
Keeper players are taxed +$10 for forwards with over 75 pts. +$5 for forwards under 74pts. +$0 for forwards under 50pts.
D = +$10 for 65pts +$5 for under 64pts +$0 under 40
G = +$10 for 32W +$5 for under 31W & +$0 under 15W
(G) (A) 25, (+/-) 5, (PIM) 3, (PPG) 7.5, (PPA) 5, (SHG) 10, (SHA) 7.5
(SOG) 1 (W) 50, (L) -20, (GA) -5, (SV) 2, (SHO) 50
lol yeah Im serious... and if anyone deserves success in life its Matty!
... wish I could say the same about some of the other guys I played with back in the day... what a waste of talent...
The League in London (20 Team Multi-Cat H2H $100 Dynasty League) - Season 11
... In memory of "The Net Detective"
C Pinto kDach Hayton Roy / Lowry Bjugstad Blueger Carrick
LW Lehkonen Knies kJohnson Greenway / Laferriere Reichel Luostarinen Kartye Grebyonkin Buchelnikov
RW Quinn Joseph Roslovic Chinakhov / Kakko Glass Brink O'Connor Holmberg Berggren Tuomaala
D Werenski Hronek Power Guhle McCabe Roy / Gudas Raddysh Pachal Evans Cormier
G Swayman / Hill Mrazek Ivanov Kokko
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