UticaHockey Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 the only thing i dont understand is why he was sent to ontario instead of k-zoo. Probably because Ontario had a bigger need in goal and could offer him more playing time. K-Zoo I believe already had two goalies on their roster. ECHL affiliations are much looser than NHL to AHL affiliations and the NHL team doesn't have the same control. It is not unusual to see players (especially goalies) loaned to a different team than the one they are affiliated with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 In his first two starts Cannata has a 0.5 GAA and a .985 SV%. I'd say he's a little too good for the ECHL. It's too bad there's no place for him in the A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Tyson Giuriato @TysonGiuriato 13m #Canucks prospect Joe Cannata is the ECHL Player of the Week after going 2-0-0 with one shutout, 0.50 GAA and a .985 SV%. It's one week, but he did show he's at least a reasonable AHL goalie at times last year. Looks to be on track for a good start this year as well and hope he does well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 beat me to it. good job joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Cannata will wait it out in the ECHL. Next year I have a feeling Eriksson won't want to sit 4th on the depth chart behind Miller, Lack and Markstrom and more likely will go back to sweden or request a trade. If Cannata can post a solid season in kalamazoo, it might entice Benning and Co to give him a touch longer look. They had enough faith to resign him this offseason, despite not being drafted by this new management and knowing that they already had Markstrom and Eriksson, they could've easily walked away from Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeydew Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Could be a minor trade coming up in the season for goalie to forward swap at this rate. We have a log jam on goalie prospects right now and that Luongo trade looking pretty terrible with Markstrom burried in the A and bumping Cannata down to the E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dasein Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Cannata will wait it out in Kalamazoo. Next year I have a feeling Eriksson won't want to sit 4th on the depth chart behind Miller, Lack and Markstrom and more likely will go back to sweden or request a trade. If Cannata can post a solid season in kalamazoo, it might entice Benning and Co to give him a touch longer look. They had enough faith to resign him this offseason, despite not being drafted by this new management and knowing that they already had Markstrom and Eriksson, they could've easily walked away from Joe. We're not going to be able to keep Miller, Lack and Markstrom going into next season. One of them has to go or we'll lose them by waivers if they all continue to progress as they should. We were able to bury Markstrom in Stockton this year and send him down early, but if he plays a full year in the AHL and dominates (as we hope he does), there is no way no one takes a flyer on him on the waiver wire even if he is sent down early. So next year, Eriksson would be #3. Even still he might be dissatisfied and move to Europe or request a trade. In that case, good for Joe for waiting it out because he'll move up to #3 if we don't sign anyone knew that might outperform him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaBamba Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 It's one week, but he did show he's at least a reasonable AHL goalie at times last year. Looks to be on track for a good start this year as well and hope he does well. He had a solid camp, it would be fitting to at least give one of these Goalies a mercy trade. No way he should be in the ECHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 eriksson was planning on going to the SEL if he didn't make the NHL until the staff/management convinced him and his agent to stay it almost seems like that was a bad move in hindsight, but they might have thought that someone might have actually claimed markstrom off waivers and they were just hedging their bets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UticaHockey Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 This may end up being the best thing for Joe Cannata in the long run. Last year he was the Comets starter on opening night and then again for the home opener and didn't play well leading to Eriksson quickly becoming the number one goalie on the Comets. When Eriksson was called up to Vancouver mid season Cannata had the chance to show what he could do as the starter and struggled big time leading Green to give Corbeil a chance. Down the stretch Cannata played very well as a backup when he started on average of every third or fourth game. Both times when he had the opportunity to show what he could do as a starter he struggled. If he can dominate as a starter in the ECHL hopefully that experience will build his confidence and better prepare him for his return to the AHL. Joe Cannata's problem last year was consistency. In the first half of the year it was almost a guarantee that he would give up one really ugly goal every game. The Comets were not a high scoring team by any stretch of the imagination and that one ugly goal was a back breaker especially when combined with the three other goals he would normally let in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 This may end up being the best thing for Joe Cannata in the long run. Last year he was the Comets starter on opening night and then again for the home opener and didn't play well leading to Eriksson quickly becoming the number one goalie on the Comets. When Eriksson was called up to Vancouver mid season Cannata had the chance to show what he could do as the starter and struggled big time leading Green to give Corbeil a chance. Down the stretch Cannata played very well as a backup when he started on average of every third or fourth game. Both times when he had the opportunity to show what he could do as a starter he struggled. If he can dominate as a starter in the ECHL hopefully that experience will build his confidence and better prepare him for his return to the AHL. Joe Cannata's problem last year was consistency. In the first half of the year it was almost a guarantee that he would give up one really ugly goal every game. The Comets were not a high scoring team by any stretch of the imagination and that one ugly goal was a back breaker especially when combined with the three other goals he would normally let in. I think a big issue for Cannata was the situation he was put in. Once he left Merrimack college, he has been buried in depth for years. Two years ago when he left he had Luongo, Schneider, Lack and Clime ahead of him in the depth charts in Chicago (AHL) so he ended spending most of his time in Kalamazoo. The next year in Utica very much the same situation, but with Luongo, Lack, Eriksson ahead of him. In 3 pro seasons, he has only played 52 games combined in the AHL and ECHL. It is very hard to develop consistency and any ground of confidence when you average up to 17 games a year. He needs some healthy sample size of games before we can really understand his game fully and where he is at. Hopefully more likely he will see most of his time with the Ontario Reign so he can get a full season's worth of games to build confidence, consistency, and routine. I still see him being a very good goaltender for the future as a quality backup goalie, but no doubt he has work ahead of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dasein Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 eriksson was planning on going to the SEL if he didn't make the NHL until the staff/management convinced him and his agent to stay it almost seems like that was a bad move in hindsight, but they might have thought that someone might have actually claimed markstrom off waivers and they were just hedging their bets Where did you hear that, if you don't mind me asking? And you're probably right that they did it in case someone claims Markstrom. Would Eriksson be a RFA at the end of his contract or would he have an opportunity to sign elsewhere if he wanted to? If he wants to make the NHL, he could try on a team with less depth if he can turn UFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 it's in the erikson thread, and in the thread detailing that he has a clause in his contract that he can go to SEL if he doesn't make the NHL. i'm too busy to look it up right now, but it was a valid report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyking Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Probably because Ontario had a bigger need in goal and could offer him more playing time. K-Zoo I believe already had two goalies on their roster. ECHL affiliations are much looser than NHL to AHL affiliations and the NHL team doesn't have the same control. It is not unusual to see players (especially goalies) loaned to a different team than the one they are affiliated with. He wasn't sent down it was a loan agreement and for that you need team permission and K-Zoo didn't want him because of financial dealings. As per cba they cannot send him down and have him on the K-Zoo since he is no longer on his elc. It also means we cannot recall him until the loan period is over even if we trade a goalie unless the the ECHL team agrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Cannata has been reassigned to Utica. Is someone injured, or is there another trade coming??? Source: http://www.uticacomets.com/joe-cannata-reassigned-to-the-comets/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2SKATES1STICK Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 He leads the ECHL in GAA and is third in SV% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UticaHockey Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Cannata has been reassigned to Utica. Is someone injured, or is there another trade coming??? Source: http://www.uticacomets.com/joe-cannata-reassigned-to-the-comets/ Markstrom with a minor injury in practice and will miss a few games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Is Cannata injured? Just wondering why they have signed a Goalie to a tryout with Markstrom being recalled, instead of recalling Cannata to Utica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UticaHockey Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Is Cannata injured? Just wondering why they have signed a Goalie to a tryout with Markstrom being recalled, instead of recalling Cannata to Utica. I haven't seen an update on the extent of the injury but this was reported in the transactions for the Onterio Reign. 02/08/2015 Joe Cannata Deleted from Roster Placed on 21-day injured reserve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 he was injured near the end of the second period on 2-7-14, hasn't played since. then the next day he was placed on IR. but yeah, can't find out what the injury is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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