sjradio 0 Report post Posted May 12, 2007 After playing just 34 games in Grand Rapids going 15-15-2, Stefan Liv has signed a 3 year deal with HV-71 in the Swedish Elite League. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spydrwebb 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2007 let him go, howard needs more starts to be ready for the wings lineup this next season or two. i wasn't all that impressed by liv's north american transition anyway. i know he had a lot of upside but these were often overshadowed by his tendency to let in soft goals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eva unit zero 271 Report post Posted May 13, 2007 Liv was terribly mishandled by the Wings organization IMHO. [/font] Rather than bring him over in 2002--when he was ready--the team opted to leave him in Sweden so as not to lose his rights, and continue on their wheel of goalies until it finally stopped at Osgood and Hasek this season. A better prospect handling timeline would have gone as follows: 2002: Hasek retires. Wings sign Joseph for three years. Liv is signed and brought to North America. 2003: Hasek un-retires. Wings fail to trade Joseph. Legace and Joseph split starts in the playoffs. 2005: Joseph is let go as a UFA. Wings sign Osgood to split with Legace. Wings make decision on MacDonald, MacIntyre, and Liv. Liv stays, Drew and Joey are waived or traded. Liv splits time in GR with Jimmy H. 2006: Legace is gone, Hasek is signed to split with Osgood. This would have given us a better picture of what Liv would be capable of rather than cornholing his ability as 'somewhere between Jimmy Howard and Joey MacDonald' and totally screwing any trade value because of his age and lack of experience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winger1 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2007 thiis is bad... really bad. we needed a gaolie with expierience and good fundamentals. hopefully we can find a goalie just as good or better. Hasek is bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CdnWingsFanEh 2 Report post Posted May 29, 2007 thiis is bad... really bad. we needed a gaolie with expierience and good fundamentals. hopefully we can find a goalie just as good or better. Hasek is bad ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites