[Trade] Coyotes trade Louis Domingue to TB

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

The real difference between those two records is that one is a mediocre team with passable goaltending, and the other is a mediocre team with abysmal goaltending. If the Coyotes' team save percentage improves, then things will get better for them, albeit not enough better for them to have a shot at the postseason. If it doesn't, well, it wouldn't really matter what they did, because they'd still be utterly screwed.

I don't buy this. Improving save percentage in some cases has to to lie with the team as well as the goalie.

Take a look at the highlights from some games Domingue has played. He let in 5 against the Isles Oct 24. I looked at those goals. He only may have had a chance on the fifth. Lots of Isles beating Arizona to the net and some wicked redirections. There are no Brian Elliott squeakers from the boards.

That game looked like a rebuilding team who is playing for a rookie head coach, not a team whose goalie couldn't give them a save.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by ToraToraTora

How does Chayka have a job?

Presumably his bosses bought into a long rebuild. Virtually every deal Chayka has made has been short-term pain for long-term gain. He's pulled together a lot of prospects and picks. A long-term rebuild is a 5-6 year process, so far too soon to make any judgements. The biggest miss seems to be Dylan Strome, but that pick was made before Chayka came onboard.