Posts About "Karri Ramo"
Trade Deadline Options For the Wild in Net
February 13th, 2017 The Wild should be looking at the trade market for a backup goaltender. Devan Dubnyk has been immensely reliable as their number one. He ranks in the league's top three for save percentage, goals-against average, wins and shutouts. However, Darcy Kuemper has not been quite as solid. Kuemper's struggles could have the Wild in a...
Leafs' Search for a Backup Goalie
December 14th, 2016 During the summer, the Toronto Maple Leafs went out and got Frederik Andersen as their new starting goalie. They signed Andersen for five years, so there is no question that he will be the one leading the Leafs in net. So far this season, the problem for the Leafs has been games when Andersen isn't in net. The Leafs have a few options...
Ramo Tryout, Eichel Update & More News
December 6th, 2016 The Toronto Marlies signed goaltender Karri Ramo to an American Hockey League tryout (ATO), the team announced on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/806195491532849152 The news comes on the same day netminder Jhonas Enroth cleared waivers, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston. Enroth, 28, signed a one-year,...
Leafs Finished with Jhonas Enroth
December 6th, 2016 It wasn't the biggest news when talking about the Toronto Maple Leafs, but it came as a surprise. Yesterday, the Leafs put backup goalie Jhonas Enroth on waivers. https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/805819848702001156 For some, this move was inevitable, while others viewed it as premature. The Leafs signed Enroth to a...
Maple Leafs News: Zaitsev, Enroth & Kapanen
December 5th, 2016 The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the busiest franchises in the entire National Hockey League. They will be back home at the Air Canada Centre this Wednesday to take on the Minnesota Wild before heading back out on the road to Boston. The Leafs are coming off their Western Canada road trip that saw them take on the Edmonton Oilers,...
Surgery for Hertl, Ramo Healthy & More News
November 22nd, 2016 Monday night, San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson announced that forward Tomas Hertl will undergo a "minor procedure" following a knee sprain he suffered on Nov. 17. "Hertl will undergo a minor procedure under the direction of the Kaiser Permanente medical team," Wilson said in a statement. "Following the procedure, Hertl...
Parliament Hill, Ramo, Torres & More News
November 5th, 2016 It's been talked about by NHL insiders for so long that it's hard to believe it's not going to happen. The long-rumored outdoor game on Ottawa's Parliament Hill is off the table. The government has squashed the idea, per The Ottawa Citizen's Don Butler, who first reported it. The plan had been for this to be a signature NHL event in...
Maple Leafs: 7 Options to Backup Andersen
July 13th, 2016 The Toronto Maple Leafs' rebuild is well under-way, and is already showing considerable promise in terms of what the future will hold. Primarily, the 2016 NHL Draft saw the Leafs land their long-awaited franchise centre-ice man of the future in Austin Matthews, who will be a major addition to an already highly skilled pool of budding...
Reviewing the Worst 2015 Free Agent Contracts
June 17th, 2016 With the 2016 NHL Free Agency period set to begin in about two weeks, on July 1st, we take a look back at how the contracts turned out from one year ago. Each year, general managers dish out absurd contracts to players who have not shown the consistency to be deserving of such a cap hit. 2015 was no different. It was a relatively...
Calgary's Goaltending Problems Key in Flames' Struggles
March 4th, 2016 Usually when a team is shelling out over $12 million to their goaltenders alone, they would expect a guy in the crease who can stop a puck here and there. Montreal pays $6.5 million per season for Price, Lundqvist is bringing in $8.5 million in New York, so since Calgary is paying even more than that, they should have the present day...
Karri Ramo Out For the Season
February 17th, 2016 The Calgary Flames announced Wednesday that goaltender Karri Ramo will miss the remainder of the season with an ACL tear and meniscus damage. The injury will require surgery. His recovery timeline has been set at six-to-eight months. Ramo suffered the injury during a Feb. 11 game against the San Jose Sharks. It is a significant blow...
Report: Calgary Has Interest in Jonathan Bernier
December 17th, 2015 No, that's not a typo. The Calgary Flames have had interest in taking on Jonathan Bernier's contract during the 2015-16 season. The Calgary Sun's Eric Francis told Sportsnet 590 The Fan on Thursday that the Flames have had some interest in the struggling netminder as a reclamation project that gives them a goalie on contract for next...
Early Struggles Cloud Calgary's Goaltending Future
November 15th, 2015 The Calgary Flames entered this season with a unique problem. After making the playoffs on the backs of strong performances by veteran goalies Karri Ramo and Jonas Hiller, and a crucial week of fill-in from young Finnish netminder Joni Ortio, the club brought all three into training camp with one-way contracts and the hope that two...
