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 scenario. Thatcher Demko is recovering from an damage. Kevin Lankinen was just 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 as if, 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 should always all perceive what the scenario right here is in Vancouver. Not that it takes a lot to set off a five-alarm blaze in Canuck city, however we should always all perceive what’s happening right here.
Primary, the Canucks will not be going to hurry Demko again. Quantity two, Demco understands in the beginning of the yr, he’s to not rush again.
So Vancouver needs to start out 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 effective purpose, like in a pinch, he can completely deal with your web for you. So it’s Lankinen – Silvos to start out the yr. It offers them the absolute best depth they will have proper now, barring making a commerce.
Now, there’s a few issues that the Canucks are going to need to 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 frightened 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 might 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 workforce and the Canucks will resolve this later, they’ll determine how they wish to deal with it. You’ve bought, you’re going to say, look, we’ve bought to do what’s proper for ourselves. We’ve bought 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 should take care of when Demko is wholesome.”
Bukauskas: “Yeah, and I take into consideration simply final season, yeah the Montreal Canadiens, that they had a 3 goalie system for a lot of the yr for the same cause, as a result of they didn’t wish 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 workforce. I imply, I believe due to the three personalities that had been concerned there, everybody was prepared to work their approach by means of the scenario, however you might inform it wasn’t splendid having three goalies. Making an attempt 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 distinct day for the Vancouver Canucks. Proper now, they’re simply attempting to get Thatcher Demko wholesome and have some depth of the place.”
