[Rumour] UPD: Flames sign Cam Talbot (1yr, $2.75mil)

[Classic_Sniper]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

I wonder if you might be confusing Talbot for Koskinen, whose glove hand looks epically bad.

I imagine the thinking here is that it is time for the Flames to move on from 37-year-old Mike Smith. I think he could still play another year or two, but he sure as hell is not the missing piece in Edmonton.


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No Koskinen has a weak glove as well, especially from a distance which looks really bad.

But Talbot seems to have the propensity to drop down really early and give up goals upstairs, especially on his glove side. Also, for whatever reason, he tends to give up goals early on in games which sort of deflates his club. I wouldn’t hate signing him, but it better be for 1 year and hopefully Sigalet can help fix some of his deficiencies.

Smith wouldn’t be the answer for the Oilers, but he’d definitely help hide their terrible breakouts. Even Chiarelli himself admitted that the backend he had built wasn’t great at moving the puck, so Smith helping McDavid and co out with his stretch passes isn’t something I want to see.


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[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper

No Koskinen has a weak glove as well, especially from a distance which looks really bad.

But Talbot seems to have the propensity to drop down really early and give up goals upstairs, especially on his glove side. Also, for whatever reason, he tends to give up goals early on in games which sort of deflates his club. I wouldn’t hate signing him, but it better be for 1 year and hopefully Sigalet can help fix some of his deficiencies.

Smith wouldn’t be the answer for the Oilers, but he’d definitely help hide their terrible breakouts. Even Chiarelli himself admitted that the backend he had built wasn’t great at moving the puck, so Smith helping McDavid and co out with his stretch passes isn’t something I want to see.


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Sounds a LOT like one David Rittich.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper

No Koskinen has a weak glove as well, especially from a distance which looks really bad.

But Talbot seems to have the propensity to drop down really early and give up goals upstairs, especially on his glove side. Also, for whatever reason, he tends to give up goals early on in games which sort of deflates his club. I wouldn’t hate signing him, but it better be for 1 year and hopefully Sigalet can help fix some of his deficiencies.

Smith wouldn’t be the answer for the Oilers, but he’d definitely help hide their terrible breakouts. Even Chiarelli himself admitted that the backend he had built wasn’t great at moving the puck, so Smith helping McDavid and co out with his stretch passes isn’t something I want to see.


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That’s a good point, and it would make some sense if the Oilers are content to enter the season with that blue line.

Talbot looks like a goalie with no confidence. I don’t recall his glove hand as being a significant issue last year, but everything you describe fits the MO, and these are also things that are new issues since Talbot joined the Oilers. It is extremely difficult to get a good read on players (goalies especially) in Edmonton.


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[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Sounds a LOT like one David Rittich.

Sounds a lot like every goalie who lets a goal pass over his shoulder. The idiot armchair goalie coaches diagnose them with going down too early

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Sounds a lot like every goalie who lets a goal pass over his shoulder. The idiot armchair goalie coaches diagnose them with going down too early

I see...so you are an expert armchair goalie coach then are you?

[keenan87]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Sounds a lot like every goalie who lets a goal pass over his shoulder. The idiot armchair goalie coaches diagnose them with going down too early

Are you serious? The other poster is providing his perspective on a hockey forum which you may or may not agree with.

Has no one taught you how to be respectful, who raised you?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper

No Koskinen has a weak glove as well, especially from a distance which looks really bad.

But Talbot seems to have the propensity to drop down really early and give up goals upstairs, especially on his glove side. Also, for whatever reason, he tends to give up goals early on in games which sort of deflates his club. I wouldn’t hate signing him, but it better be for 1 year and hopefully Sigalet can help fix some of his deficiencies.

Smith wouldn’t be the answer for the Oilers, but he’d definitely help hide their terrible breakouts. Even Chiarelli himself admitted that the backend he had built wasn’t great at moving the puck, so Smith helping McDavid and co out with his stretch passes isn’t something I want to see.


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I'd be wary of attributing too much weight to anything Talbot accomplished or lack thereof with the Oilers.

They're just so bad everything is an outlier.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by transplant99

I see...so you are an expert armchair goalie coach then are you?

I didn’t say that. I’m an expert at recognizing the idiot ones

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

I didn’t say that. I’m an expert at recognizing the idiot ones

And those would be those who disagree with what you think...as you are all knowing more than others do i assume...yes?

And in doing so you are calling other posters idiots.

OK then.

[Strange Brew]

nm

[topfiverecords]

Uggg, go play some golf guys.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

I didn’t say that. I’m an expert at recognizing the idiot ones

I believe I'm OK at that too.

And guess what...

[Buff]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

Looking forward to the Ghostbusters themed Flames mask.

When Big Save Dave has an injury... Who ya gonna call?
Cam Talbot!

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by transplant99

And those would be those who disagree with what you think...as you are all knowing more than others do i assume...yes?

And in doing so you are calling other posters idiots.

OK then.

Nah. I’m not talking about specific individuals.

Here is what you do. Go to any game thread where a goalie has let in a shot in that unstoppable place by his ears. Look for the bellyaching posters that say the goalie went down early. They are everywhere.

That’s all

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by transplant99

I see...so you are an expert armchair goalie coach then are you?

Where were you in the days of DeluxeMoustache's pages and pages of excruciatingly fine detailed armchair goalie analysis?

[Textcritic]

Nm

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Where were you in the days of DeluxeMoustache's pages and pages of excruciatingly fine detailed armchair goalie analysis?

Thinking i must be an idiot.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Thinking i must be an idiot.

Welcome to the club!

[Reggie Dunlop]

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[devo22]

^ that'd be a pretty sweet deal.