I don't know much about the Flyers goalie situation in the minors, but Emery went to Philly to be a starter and, judging from the fact the he's played just 10 games to Mason's 21, it appears that didn't happen. I wonder if a phone call went from Chicago to Philly in the last 12-18 hours.
Exactly. Emery wanted to be a starter and that isn't the current case. I have to believe that the Flyers plan on keeping him because, while Mason has been solid thus far, he still doesn't have that track record in the recent years to make them feel good enough.
At the end of the day, some players aren't going to want to play for the Blackhawks. Some want to play out West, some out East, some for a small market, etc. Saying that the Blackhawks should have signed someone really means nothing at the end of the day because very few people know the true intentions of the player and a lot more goes into it than just money (most of the time).
Blackhawks have their backs up against the wall with the salary cap, so it should be interesting to see what happens if Crawford is out for a while (IR?), but not long enough for LTIR. Hopefully it was something minor, but I'm sure we will learn more by tomorrow.
