Nicomo Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Akira Schmid gets the call up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Schmid definitely deserves the call. Hopefully the Bernier injury isn’t related to the one he had at the beginning of the year. I’d hate for him to have a recurring issue that needed surgery. Also terrible timing for Utica since Daws left via injury the other night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Starting to feel like it's going to be "One of those years" for Bernier, where he's just not going to get much luck. Sometimes that's how it goes...still think it was a fine signing at the time, and one that made perfect sense. Not the worst thing for one of the Utica kid goalies to get a look...in a couple of seasons, it's not totally out of the realm of possibility that at least one of Schmid or Daws is up permanently with the big club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Holy Schmid, I need to find another puck this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Schmid should get the call. He’s earned it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlman Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 They tell you to click the link for more info but when you do it’s literally just the tweet headline…🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 minute ago, devlman said: They tell you to click the link for more info but when you do it’s literally just the tweet headline…🙄 Apparently “more info” is just his stats from this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) FWIW the injury from the preseason was/is a hip injury and he woke up one day and was not able to walk. It went away after a while of some rest and an injection, but it looks like it is a recurring thing. Edited December 10, 2021 by DevsMan84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 25 minutes ago, DevsMan84 said: FWIW the injury from the preseason was/is a hip injury and he woke up one day and was not able to walk. It went away after a while of some rest and an injection, but it looks like it is a recurring thing. That’s a real bummer. I hope they don’t have to go with surgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck the Duck Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 37 minutes ago, DevsMan84 said: FWIW the injury from the preseason was/is a hip injury and he woke up one day and was not able to walk. It went away after a while of some rest and an injection, but it looks like it is a recurring thing. That's scary. Hopefully it just needs rest. We all know how hip surgeries work with goalies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titans04 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) oh boy. Edited December 10, 2021 by titans04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 44 minutes ago, titans04 said: oh boy. Yikes. Not good at all. I guess they’ll give Schmid a shot but that poor kid shouldn’t have to be thrown into the fire that is the Devils defense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 45 minutes ago, titans04 said: oh boy. Yep, that's not good. Looks like Schmid may be getting an upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 I can imagine Daws would have been next on the depth chart, but he got injured the other day and is week to week so Schmid is the one who got the call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Aw man, really feel for Bernier. Not sure who hates the Devils more...the hockey gods, or the refs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpkin cutter Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 We have bad luck. I liked bernier and hope he gets healthy, but It’s time to start lookin for another 1b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, titans04 said: oh boy. Great 🤬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, pumpkin cutter said: We have bad luck. I liked bernier and hope he gets healthy, but It’s time to start lookin for another 1b. And by healthy, I hope that he can get around and lead a relatively active and normal life. Seems like his future as a hockey player is very much up in the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpkin cutter Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: And by healthy, I hope that he can get around and lead a relatively active and normal life. Seems like his future as a hockey player is very much up in the air. yea that's what i meant. i doubt he plays for us again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, pumpkin cutter said: We have bad luck. I liked bernier and hope he gets healthy, but It’s time to start lookin for another 1b. With Rask coming back, I wonder if Linus Ullmark would be available. He has an above .500 record and a career .913 save which is very impressive considering he spent his whole career with Buffalo before this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 22 minutes ago, Devil Dan 56 said: With Rask coming back, I wonder if Linus Ullmark would be available. He has an above .500 record and a career .913 save which is very impressive considering he spent his whole career with Buffalo before this year. Not so sure the Devils want to take on his $5 million cap hit for three years beyond this one. They'd probably prefer that at least one of their goalies be a lower cost "from within" option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 42 minutes ago, Colorado Rockies 1976 said: Not so sure the Devils want to take on his $5 million cap hit for three years beyond this one. They'd probably prefer that at least one of their goalies be a lower cost "from within" option. I think this is probably right, but if you want a true 1A 1B situation, you have to pay for it IMHO. You're also paying Blackwood in Skittles, so there's that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpkin cutter Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, mfitz804 said: I think this is probably right, but if you want a true 1A 1B situation, you have to pay for it IMHO. You're also paying Blackwood in Skittles, so there's that too. Blackwood can’t afford new teeth. That’s how cheap we’re paying him 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, pumpkin cutter said: Blackwood can’t afford new teeth. That’s how cheap we’re paying him Either that or he keeps losing them because of the aforementioned Skittles lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, mfitz804 said: I think this is probably right, but if you want a true 1A 1B situation, you have to pay for it IMHO. You're also paying Blackwood in Skittles, so there's that too. All depends on how close they think one of those kids is. Always nice to get some ELC extremely cost-effective years before writing the bigger checks. Hate to say it, but man would it be nice to be able to pull off what the Rangers did for a while...years of having a top goalie, and constantly being able to find a terrific #2 capable of filling in as a #1 from within (and being OK with moving on from them once it was time for them to try to get starter money elsewhere). Rangers really wasted some fine goaltending by not getting over the hump and winning a Cup. But yeah, if the organization doesn't think Schmid or Daws can be a good 1A or 1B at the NHL level, then they might have to pony up for an Ullmark-type. You could certainly do a lot worse than him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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