Half of what Chicago paid for Ward.
I like it.
RS Scoring RS Goalie Stats PO Scoring
Season Team Lge GP A PIM Min GA EN SO GAA W L T Svs Pct GP A PIM
2009-10 Ottawa 67's OHL 30 3 0 1562 78 4 3 3.00 12 9 1 744 0.905 8 0 0
2010-11 Ottawa 67's OHL 52 0 2 3089 146 1 4 2.84 32 15 3 1684 0.920 4 0 0
2011-12 Ottawa 67's OHL 50 1 2 3016 143 4 3 2.84 30 13 6 1577 0.917 17 1 0
2012-13 Toledo Walleye ECHL 3 0 0 179 6 0 0 2.02 2 1 0 102 0.944 - - -
2012-13 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 42 2 17 2498 97 4 1 2.33 23 16 2 1053 0.916 24 0 2
2012-13 Detroit Red Wings NHL 2 0 0 119 4 0 0 2.02 1 1 0 47 0.922 - - -
2013-14 Detroit Red Wings NHL 9 0 0 449 13 0 2 1.74 2 4 0 165 0.927 - - -
2013-14 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 32 2 2 1830 64 3 3 2.10 22 9 1 774 0.924 10 0 0
2014-15 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 13 1 6 757 26 1 3 2.06 9 2 1 331 0.927 - - -
2014-15 Detroit Red Wings NHL 29 0 0 1585 63 2 3 2.38 16 9 2 705 0.918 7 0 0
2015-16 Detroit Red Wings NHL 54 2 2 2942 115 6 4 2.33 27 16 6 1333 0.921 3 0 0
2016-17 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50 0 2 2873 145 0 1 3.04 18 21 9 1317 0.901 - - -
2017-18 Detroit Red Wings NHL 22 0 0 1184 57 0 3 2.89 8 7 3 573 0.910 - - -
2017-18 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 17 0 0 913 49 0 1 3.22 6 6 3 401 0.891 1 0 0
I'm not sure that was a "proven" option on the table, SS. If that's the bar then whoever the Canes got today was going to be well short. Actually, I'll amend that ... there absolutely was not a proven winner in net on the table today. So ...
I will second the "at least it's only 1 year for small money". That is the only thing I see as a positive with this signing.
Not that there were a lot of options, but we have completely half assed efforts to ensure our goaltending doesn't continue to kill us.
I used the word "proven" because that's what Waddell said...
I could be wrong but I see this as a terrible signing. Better goalies were available.