Kind of hard to beat them up over not solving the goalie problem through free agency since there were no solutions evident there. So I get being disappointed in where we are in goalie at the moment, and the questions about why not buy out Darling etc. But what would be a possible solution. It would have to be a trade - but what would be some options on that? They spent terrible money on Darling last year, and a buy out might seem to make the most sense, it doesn't if there's not someone else we could bring in instead that has a significant chance of being significantly better this season. I think my greater concern is that while the immediate situation is maybe not solvable, we also don't seem to be taking any steps to fix the longer term situation - I don't see any reason this gets better next season unless we get lucky and Darling pulls himself together, or Mrazek does and resigns here.
I don't think the Darling contract would be an impediment to solving the goalie situation if there was a solution out there. I think they'd either buy him out or pay him but send him to Charolotte. I think they'd have kept Cam and done that but that leaves us with even less chance of coming up with a longer term solution. As it is, we have 2 bullets that could turn into our starter for the next several years just based on age. They don't look like very good bullets at this point...
