Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on 32 Ideas: The Podcast – The Cycle of (NHL) Life episode on what’s going on the Vancouver Canucks goaltending state of affairs. Thatcher Demko is recovering from an damage. Kevin Lankinen was lately signed to a one-year deal. Artus Silovs needs to play within the NHL however he doesn’t require waivers.
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Bukauskas: “Vancouver, Elliotte, the Canucks, they signed Kevin Lankinen right into a one-year deal, $875K. Looks like, I imply, we heard Thatcher Demko, early on in coaching camp, say he believes he’s going to get to 100% once more. They nonetheless don’t have a concrete timeline, although, for his return.
Lankinen and the Canucks have been linked to right here for some time. Any a part of this signing and information right here Elliotte ship off alarm bells about Demko’s future in any respect?
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Friedman: “No, not alarm bells. Look, I believe all of us have to understand now, we must always all perceive what the state of affairs right here is in Vancouver. Not that it takes a lot to set off a five-alarm blaze in Canuck city, however we must always all perceive what’s happening right here.
Primary, the Canucks aren’t going to hurry Demko again. Quantity two, Demco understands at the start of the yr, he’s to not rush again.
So Vancouver needs to begin the season, and be ready in case, knock on wooden, God forbid there’s any sort of relapse, that they’ve the absolute best tandem. And Lankinen is an efficient objective, like in a pinch, he can completely deal with your web for you. So it’s Lankinen – Silvos to begin the yr. It offers them the absolute best depth they’ll have proper now, barring making a commerce.
Now, there’s a few issues that the Canucks are going to must take care of right here, and so they can punt these conditions till later. Primary is, you understand what occurs when Demko is wholesome? Do you carry three goalies? Do you set Lankinen on waivers? I believe you bought to be actually fearful you’re going to lose them.
Or do you ship Silovs again down the American Hockey League as a result of he isn’t eligible for waivers till he performs sport quantity 60. And Silvos proper now could be at 19 video games, together with the playoffs. So there’s a probability he may hit it this yr, but when not, he’s not waiver-eligible till subsequent yr.
The one factor about that is, I perceive that Silovs, by means of his representatives, made it recognized that he wished to be within the NHL this season.
Now, as a crew and the Canucks will determine this later, they’ll determine how they need to deal with it. You’ve received, you’re going to say, look, we’ve received to do what’s proper for ourselves. We’ve received to do what’s greatest for our group, however they know that Silvos prefers to play within the NHL. It’s not something they’ve to fret about now, however it’s one thing they must take care of when Demko is wholesome.”
Bukauskas: “Yeah, and I take into consideration simply final season, yeah the Montreal Canadiens, they’d a 3 goalie system for a lot of the yr for the same motive, as a result of they didn’t need to lose their younger netminder, Cayden Primeau to waivers. And finally that was sorted out when Jake Allen was dealt to New Jersey.
And being across the crew. I imply, I believe due to the three personalities that have been concerned there, everybody was prepared to work their means by means of the state of affairs, however you possibly can inform it wasn’t superb having three goalies. Attempting to get all people begins. The practices. who was within the web and the rotation, and all of that.
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However, as you say, that’s a dialog for a unique day for the Vancouver Canucks. Proper now, they’re simply making an attempt to get Thatcher Demko wholesome and have some depth of the place.”
