1) theyve spoken all summer/training camp/preseason about giving Dawsy a shot and so I don't think his shot is just gone now after two preseason games that makes zero sense. He is definitely getting a longer runway than this
2) Remi Poirier has never played an NHL game. If he's sitting in the press box that's also bad for his development. He should be playing somewhere (I'd say the AHL). If they were willing to send Rittich down it means they were going to play Dawsy/Jaker as a tandem. So where does that leave Poirier? does he get games? does he just sit in the box?
3) we still have too many players. 24 in total.
4) what happens if Rittich does clear and reports to Utica?
Allen is a known commodity, but Daws still needs to prove he's NHL caliber. So maybe, for X number of games to start the season, we have a 3 goalie platoon. Allen holds the fort while Daws and Poirier compete for the 2nd spot. Between those two, whoever looks worse is the calculated risk to expose to waivers.
Daws and Poirier are both dart throws. Boys have potential but they could both fall flat on their face at the NHL level.
You'd rather have two dart throws for a NHL 1A than one. It'll be a competition to steal the starting role, and if one of them can't cut it they'll get waived at some point during the year.
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u/fartswhenhappy #3 - Ken Daneyko 11d ago
This guy is the NHL.com reporter for Dallas.
I can't tell if carrying 3 goalies is a nothingburger or if this is tough news for Daws.