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Forum: NHLTue. at 11:29 a.m.
Thread: Players that would be nhl caliber without injuries
Robin Lehner was one of the most promising goalies in the NHL and now his career is practically over. Lehner was drafted 46th overall in the 2009 NHL entry draft by the Ottawa senators. He was a very promising young goalie that could be in the NHL in the next few years. Once he came over from Europe, he excelled in the OHL as he had a 2.80 goals against average and a 918 save percentage with the Greyhounds. The next season he got his first stint in the AHL where he was very ok. The next season in the AHL he was fantastic as he won playoff MVP in the AHL. He also had his first bit of playing time in the NHL but he wasn't good as he had a 888 save percentage and a 3.52 goals against average. The next season he played 40 games in the AHL where he was extremely average and then was called up for 5 games. These five games he excelled as he had a 935 save percentage and a 2.01 goals against average. The next season he was fantastic in the AHL as he had a 938 save percentage and a 2.12 goals against average. This earned him a call up where he played 12 games. These 12 games were fantastic as he had a 2.20 goals against average and a 936 save percentage. He even got to play 2 games in the playoffs. The next season he earned a full time spot on the team as their backup goalie. He played great with Ottawa as their backup as he had a 913 save percentage and a 3.06 goals against average in 36 games. The next season he was still their backup and most of his statistics got worse. He had a 3.02 goals against average and a 905 save percentage in 23 games. The next season is when his career started taking off. Since the Senators had Andrew Hammond coming up as the next star goalie, that means that they had an extra goalie between Anderson, Hammond and Lehner. Lehner was the one that had to go. He got traded to the Buffalo Sabres with David Legwand for a first round pick in 2015. Lehner played his first season with Buffalo as their backup in the 2015-16 season and was great. He had a 2.47 goals against average and a 924 save percentage. The next season he became Buffalo's starter. He played 59 games in 2016-17 and had a 2.68 goals against average and a 920 save percentage. Sadly the Sabres were not good so he had a very bad win to loss ratio. The next season he was still their starter. He played 53 games and was not as good. He had a 3.01 goals against average and a 908 save percentage. You couldn't blame him as the Sabres were the worst team in the league in 2017-18. He ended up getting signed by the New York Islanders where he had his best season by far. In 2018-19, Lehner played 46 games with the Islanders and had a 2.13 goals against average and a 930 save percentage. He won 25 games that season and split his starting time with Thomas Greiss. This goalie tandem was unstoppable and they ended up winning the William M Jennings Trophy and Lehner won the Bill Masterton Trophy. Lehner came 3rd in Vezina voting. The next season the Islanders didn't resign him after they didn't go to far in the playoffs but Lehner was the best Goalie in the playoffs by far. He ended up getting signed by the Chicago Blackhawks where he had another good season. During his time with Chicago, he had a 3.01 goals against average and a 918 save percentage in 33 games. He ended up getting traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs and then was flipped to the Golden Knights in a three team trade. He played 3 games with Vegas and had a 940 save percentage and 1.67 goals against average. Then the season was cut short due to Covid. After the lockdown was finished the teams got to play their playoffs where Lehner played great. He had a 1.99 goals against average and a 917 save percentage. Vegas lost in the conference finals. He came 6th in Vezina Voting. The next season is when you saw Lehner starting to have injury problems. It started off with an upper body injury where he missed a month. Even though he was injured he still had a 913 save percentage and a 2.29 goals against average. He still won the William M Jennings Trophy as Fleury and Lehner were another unstoppable duo with Fleury winning his first Vezina Trophy as well. In the playoffs he got injured and didn't play well at all. He was cleared to play for days after he sustained an injury but was clearly still injured. During the 2021-22 season he battled constant injuries. These injuries ranged from small to big injuries. On October 1st he missed a week due to a undisclosed injury. Then in December he missed two weeks because of a lower body and an undisclosed injury. On February 14th he missed two weeks because of a lower body injury. On March 10th Lehner missed 20 days because of a knee injury. Then in April he had to get shoulder surgery and was expected to miss the start of the next season and the rest of the season he was playing. Then on August 11 of 2022 it was announced he injured his hip. His injury time will be for the rest of the season and he still hasn't played since then. Sadly, in 2023 it was announced he would become bankrupt. That broke the hearts of many hockey fans as he was one of the best goalies in the league to become bankrupt and injured to never play again. That was the story of Robin Lehner injury prone career
Forum: NHLTue. at 12:48 p.m.
Thread: Players that would be nhl caliber without injuries
Michal Kempny was a very solid defender that had his career derailed by injuries. After playing 8 years in Europe as a solid defender, Kempny was ready to emerge as a player in the NHL once he was signed by the Chicago Blackhawks. He spent 1.5 years with the Blackhawks where he was ok and was never a super good player. He was traded a few days before the deadline to the Washington Capitals. Kempny played great there and was immediately a fan favourite. In the playoffs, Kempny played every game and had 5 points and helped the Capitals win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. The next season he was great as he had 6 goals and 19 assists for 25 points in 71 games. The next season, he missed a little bit of time due to the Covid pandemic and him injuring his leg at the start of the season. He still played great as he had 3 goals and 15 assists in 58 games with the Capitals. He also had a point in 5 games in the playoffs. The next season was anything but good for Kempny. He only got to play 2 games of professional hockey that whole season. He tore his Achilles in October and had to miss 6 months. His injury status was updated in May and they said he was day to day. That was not the case as he wasn't cleared to play until July. In 2022 he spent most of his time in the AHL and only played 15 games in the NHL. He had 1 goal and 1 assist in those 15 games. He ended up getting signed by The Kraken in free agency but only got to play another 2 games in the AHL because of a freak injury and then left for Europe the same season. He is still playing in Europe and is one of the top defenders in the Czech league but he isn't in the NHL and would still be if it wasn't due to his many injuries
Forum: NHLTue. at 12:27 p.m.
Thread: Players that would be nhl caliber without injuries
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Timmins_Is_Eating_Tims</b></div><div>Nicklas Backstrom was a fantastic player and is now looking like he can make the hall of fame as he was the NHL's best play maker for a whole decade. He played alongside Alex Ovechkin and they were bread and butter together as he had over 50 assists in his first 3 years in the league. He even had a 33 goal, 101 point season in 2010. The next season he did not play as good but he still had 65 points. The next season he missed around half the season but was over a point a game as he had 44 points in 42 games. The next season was the lockout shortened season and he was a point a game again as he had 40 assists and 8 goals in 48 games! For the next 5 years he stayed healthy and would average around 72 points a season. He was a key factor for the 2018 capitals Stanley Cup Win. In the 2019-20 season he missed 9 games but he still had 54 points. In the 2020-21 shortened season, he played fantastic as he stayed healthy and had 53 points in 55 games. It looked like he was a for sure Hall Of Famer the way his career was going until the next season his hip started to have problems. He missed over half the season but he would still have 50 points if he played the full season so his point total was decreasing with age but his playoffs were great as he was a point a game in 6 games so it looked like he was still a solid top 6 producer. Again he missed over half the season in 2022-23 due to more hip problems. His point totals again were decreasing as he wouldn't even have 50 points if he played the full season. His injuries were taking a toll on him and with his age it was not looking good. Luckily, he was healthy to start off the season this year and everyone was hoping for a good season. He started off by playing bad as he only had 1 point in 8 games then he got another hip injury. I hope he can come back but at the age of 36 and with many hip injuries that he had it is looking like his career is over.</div></div>

Update: It is looking like he will eventually sign in Sweden
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 4 at 6:49 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 29 at 11:02 p.m.
Thread: Stammer
Maybe
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 28 at 9:54 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 28 at 9:02 p.m.
Thread: Blow it up - Waive that NMC Marner
Let’s review why New Jersey won’t pay that price for Mitch Marner:
1. Mitch Marner is going to be on an expiring contract. All of those assets would essentially be for one year. If they really like the player, they’ll make an offer to him as a free agent in the summer of 2025.
2. He has a no movement clause. He’d have to personally approve of any trade. Toronto’s options are limited trading him. That will decrease his value.
3. Judging by the dozens of armchair GM rosters I’ve seen in capfriendly, it seems as though the Toronto fan base wants to run Marner out of town. Why on earth is New Jersey going to facilitate that happening at a premium price? If New Jersey is going to take on Mitch Marner, it will be for pennies on the dollar.
4. He is not helping himself at all in this playoff series against Boston. Mitch Marner is not a premium asset at this time; he is a distressed asset that’s going to cost a little less than $11M against next year’s salary cap no matter where he plays assuming Toronto doesn’t want to retain on his salary in a trade.
No thank you. Do not call back about this matter.