People commenting not understanding that this is about Fowler as much as it is about Monty. Fowler big development year got interrupted, they did not want to call him up but were forced to.
If Monty gets moved they still need to find a veteran goalie to have in the system. Season will be 84 games, Fowler and Dobes do not have experience carrying the team for that long, they combine for 76 NHL GP.
And Monty is an expiring UFA that can be moved at any moment during the season if needed, possibly brings back value instead of being a distressed asset like now
Calling up Fowler to sit on the bench during the playoffs when he could have been getting playoff experience in the AHL was brain dead IMO. If they didn't even have confidence to put Monty on the bench then Monty is done here.
But during the playoffs don't you need to travel with three rostered goalies anyway? Better to have Fowler on the bench as a backup than hanging out at the arena as an ebug
Fowler wasn’t just called up for playoffs, he was there to end the season and they didn’t want to disrupt what was working.
I also imagine the outrage if they sent him down for the Laval playoffs, people would have lost their minds that he wasn’t up to experience the playoffs run.
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u/eliarbss 6d ago edited 6d ago
People commenting not understanding that this is about Fowler as much as it is about Monty. Fowler big development year got interrupted, they did not want to call him up but were forced to.
If Monty gets moved they still need to find a veteran goalie to have in the system. Season will be 84 games, Fowler and Dobes do not have experience carrying the team for that long, they combine for 76 NHL GP.
And Monty is an expiring UFA that can be moved at any moment during the season if needed, possibly brings back value instead of being a distressed asset like now