Bender
Well-known member
That's a good point. Are they really going to have Hildeby ride the pine for the whole year when he could be developing? I think last year was pretty instructive. Hildeby posted by far the best SV% among the three goalies last year and proved to be durable so why not give him runway? Especially if he's younger and is developing (And AA is waivers exempt so we do essentially have three goalies).
It's funny because I've heard people say well what if Hildeby turns out to be bad? And my thought was it's also possible Woll gets injured or needs to go on leave again - then what? It cuts both ways and there's risk to both scenarios.
And then you're taking another risk that his stock will rebound. I think he can, but I think he can also get injured. And if that's the case then we'd likely get even less a return than what we got. It's a bet one way or another.
