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Originally Posted by edslunch
Bringing in another terrible goalie and promising him starts? Always earned?
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If this was an off season move I'd agree with you. But promising starts was likely the only way to get him to waive his NTC, and getting Backstrom was likely the only way to move Jones.
People here are making the mistake that this is somehow supposed to improve our goaltending. It isn't, it's about getting a sixth for Jones and needing to take on a contract to make that work. Might as well play the guy, what harm is it going to do? Even if he sucks more than Hiller, so what, not like that will be the difference between making the playoffs or not.