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Post by gcmandrake on Apr 27, 2016 10:15:43 GMT
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Post by Shorty on Apr 27, 2016 10:17:20 GMT
Excellent.
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Post by Chris on Apr 27, 2016 10:20:56 GMT
Great netminder. Glad to have him returning. Lets just hope he'll spend more time on the ice this season and less time injured.
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Post by Pies on Apr 27, 2016 10:22:12 GMT
I'm happy with this signing. Hopefully he'll stay injury free this year because we really struggled when he was injured. Turning point in the season and we tried to get him back playing before he was ready.
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Post by jdizpt8 on Apr 27, 2016 10:23:42 GMT
Good signing, clearly wants to win it all as he said when interviewed after the playoff win "2 of 3 isn't bad but I wanted all 3"
Hope he remains fit all season
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Post by panthers_nyr on Apr 27, 2016 10:37:18 GMT
Great to get him signed up and sorted, hopefully he stays injury free as he was a key reason for our early season/finals form last season.
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Apr 27, 2016 10:58:07 GMT
A risk in my opinion. Undoubtedly brilliant but I'm just not sure he's durable enough. The past 3 regular seasons have largely lost due to GK injuries and lack of response.
From Kwall/Conway, Kwall/Modig & Wiikman/Madolara I must admit I was hoping more for a 'Keeper who has at least 3 years playing injury free for the best run at a league title.
Let's hope injuries subside & Mika has a trouble free season!
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Post by nate24 on Apr 27, 2016 10:58:13 GMT
Great signing but we have to be realistic and have a competent back up. Maybe even an import. We've ended up finishing the season twice now with two import goalies anyway so may as well start that way.
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Post by panthers4ever on Apr 27, 2016 11:36:18 GMT
Great to have Miika back
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Post by Yotes on Apr 27, 2016 11:37:50 GMT
Good signing, liked most of what I saw from Miika.
Agree with the caveats mentioned by most though, need him to stay healthy.
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Post by BigLad on Apr 27, 2016 12:01:55 GMT
When fit he was the best nettie in the league (IMO) last season.
Question, would anyone take Madalora as an import back-up with a Brit as a regular back-up?
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Post by Rob Scott on Apr 27, 2016 12:42:31 GMT
Really good pre injury and stood up big at the business end of the season.
Still no K Wall though.
If he helps win us the league I'll stop saying that, promise.
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Post by panthers_nyr on Apr 27, 2016 12:44:03 GMT
When fit he was the best nettie in the league (IMO) last season. Question, would anyone take Madalora as an import back-up with a Brit as a regular back-up? Yes certainly would but it'd be down to whether Madolora would be happy to sit in the stands for a few games at a time etc. think he was happy for the rest of this season as he wanted out of Italy but I'm not sure about a whole season as he is decent starting netminder. |
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Post by dill1015 on Apr 27, 2016 13:03:28 GMT
A no brainer signing for me. Mika was the best goalie in the league last year when fit. He was back on form at the end of the season and i see no reason why a summer off wont mean he's fully fit.
This is a guy thats good enough to back stop Panthers to a leafue title, good signing.
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Post by ted logan on Apr 27, 2016 13:25:23 GMT
Delighted with this news.
Hopefully a bit better luck with injuries this coming season though. Best in the league when fully fit.
Welcome back Miika.
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Post by kezypanther on Apr 27, 2016 13:49:51 GMT
He proved in both finals he is the best in the league. Think mustakovs will have something to say about that though. Hopefully injury free season too.
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Post by spik on Apr 27, 2016 14:09:52 GMT
Wiikman played 47 for 110 goals from 1248 shoots...91.2% (2.45 GAA)
Madolora played 15 for 38 goals from 454 shots...91.6% (2.51 GAA)
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Post by Lawman on Apr 27, 2016 14:35:31 GMT
Really pleased Miika is back next season
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Post by Shorty on Apr 27, 2016 14:42:50 GMT
Mustukovs will be playing twice as many games as he has been used to over the last few seasons though. Only 19 last season with Grenoble.
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Post by Peacock on Apr 27, 2016 15:05:59 GMT
Wiikman played 47 for 110 goals from 1248 shoots...91.2% (2.45 GAA) Madolora played 15 for 38 goals from 454 shots...91.6% (2.51 GAA) Wonder in how many of those games Wiikman was playing injured? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 15:46:08 GMT
Ah more good news, really happy to have him back with us. Here's to hoping he stays uninjured, as others have highlighted, he's up there with the best when he's fit.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 15:51:13 GMT
Good signing, clearly wants to win it all as he said when interviewed after the playoff win "2 of 3 isn't bad but I wanted all 3" Hope he remains fit all season Is this the one? Saw someone had posted it just before reading your post lol. The dude makes me laugh. |
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Post by Bagheera on Apr 27, 2016 16:46:35 GMT
When fit he was the best nettie in the league (IMO) last season. Question, would anyone take Madalora as an import back-up with a Brit as a regular back-up? I'd be seriously tempted to go with him as full time back up/2nd goalie(No Brit on the bench). Said before, the ability to be able to pull a goalie off having a bad game knowing you've still got quality means you can make that decision before the game is gone. All depends on the brit setup next season. I'd use my extra import slot to do this. Happy with the balance of the team at the end of last season. Of course an import replacement for Lacho or any other Brit could be used instead(personally Ollie would do that anyway).I understand the view that many would view it as a wasted slot on match nights to the point of not being sure it's the right idea myself, but I'd like to see us give it a go to start with. |
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Post by PantherB on Apr 27, 2016 16:55:11 GMT
Madalora won't be back. He's been looking for a new team for a while now, he's starter material and although they got on, having him and Wiikman wouldn't work. Wiikman edges him for me but i wouldn't turn down Madalora if we didn't have Wiikman.
Nothing wrong with Brit backups either, Brad Day did very well in the games he played with Sheffield. I still stand by Green but his time is almost up unfortunatley, we just need to find a young, hungry goalie who can accept riding the pine for a bit.
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Post by cjmatt42 on Apr 27, 2016 17:25:15 GMT
Glad he's back, only concern is injury, if it wasn't Muscular/strain type injury then less of a concern but from what was released it sounds like a recurring issue through that dodgy spell.
Now the extra import!! Sign the Brits back up, sign 12 import skaters and 2 import Netminders and time to let Green go. The option of pulling your starting netminder if they have a poor first 10 mins while you're still potentially in the game could be priceless. Likewise if your starter gets injured on Saturday night you have immediate cover for Sunday. Now getting the balance between starts will be key but hopefully that competition will drive performances up. We saw when fit at the end of the season that 12 import skaters plus the brits were a handful so no need to worry about sacrificing a brit for another import skater. The depth of the british skaters is what brings depth to our bench, start giving them away helps other teams and hinders us.
That said I know it's only a pipe dream with Corey already hinting that we won't be starting the season with a full compliment of imports!!
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