Coyotes Sign Alex Auld to One-Year Deal

[blackngold]

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have signed goaltender Alex Auld to a one-year contract.

In five NHL seasons, Auld has collected a record of 46-44-13, a 2.89 goals against average (GAA), and a .902 save percentage (SV%) in 108 career games with Vancouver and Florida. His best season to date came in 2005-06 when he posted a 33-26-6 record, 2.94 GAA, and .902 SV% in 67 games with Vancouver. For his performance, Auld was named the Canucks’ Most Valuable Player.

Auld, 26, registered a 7-13-5 record, 3.34 GAA, and .888 SV% in 27 appearances with Florida last season. The native of Thunder Bay, Ontario was acquired by Florida along with Todd Bertuzzi and Bryan Allen from Vancouver for Roberto Luongo, Lukas Krajicek and a 6th round draft choice in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft on June 23, 2006.

Auld represented Team Canada in the 2006 World Hockey Championships in Latvia and he won a bronze medal with Canada at the 2001 World Junior Championships.

Auld was selected by Florida in the 2nd round (40th overall) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

[R.Middleton]

hmmm..interesting...3 goalies..i don't know

[BGDDYKWL]

Word is it's a two-way, one-year deal for $600K.

[Isles4life]

Originally Posted by WildyCoyote34

hmmm..interesting...3 goalies..i don't know

And still no guy with a great track record as a #1. Cross your fingers with Abby.

[canuck2]

competition is good. Now the Yotes have three #2 goalies.

[peacemaker]

Given the starters job in Florida and lost it to a 70 yr old injury prone guy.

2 way deal means he's the odd man out in a threesome made up of crap goaltenders.

Good kid but this guy sucks.

[canuckfan]

Originally Posted by peacemaker

Given the starters job in Florida and lost it to a 70 yr old injury prone guy.

2 way deal means he's the odd man out in a threesome made up of crap goaltenders.

Good kid but this guy sucks.

Yeah, hate to say it myself, but he disappointed big time last year. He showed flashes of great potential his first few years, and he nearly had me convinced he could be a decent number 1 goalie one day - I mean, it wasn't his fault the Canucks stunk in '06 and didn't make the playoffs. But he was rarey brilliant either and let in too many soft goals. He totally wilted in Florida.

Hopefully he lands back on his feet somewhere, but thats a tough situation he's signed on for in Phoenix.

[3430]

I don't really understand why the Yotes signed an other goalie??

They are Joseph, Aebisher, Tellqvist and Leneveu...There should be a transaction before long with one of them.
But I think that the Coyotes have a bad management of their wage bill, they should rather reserve it to take a player of impact to compensate for the departure of some their good players.

Agree with me guys??

[R.Middleton]

Originally Posted by 3430

I don't really understand why the Yotes signed an other goalie??

They are Joseph, Aebisher, Tellqvist and Leneveu...There should be a transaction before long with one of them.
But I think that the Coyotes have a bad management of their wage bill, they should rather reserve it to take a player of impact to compensate for the departure of some their good players.

Agree with me guys??

I think Joseph is a free agent still and they also have Tordjin(sp) who I thought had a good chace to make the team.

I don't get it either but they signed them for cheap. So, if it doesn't go the way they pan out. They are only losing 600k.

[staal4pm]

This is all true. The one thing Auld always had going for him was size...of course something that can't be taught or coached. He looks absolutely enormous in the net. And he does show flashes of brilliance every now and then that seem like he'd be a #1 guy. However he has never seemed to be able to harness everything and put it all together.

That being said there is definitely a log jam in Phoenix now. I think Tellqvist is the best choice out of the lot (I thought CuJo was going to retire???) and LeNeveu is the wild card. Anyways as long as there's still room for Gratton in the lineup, I don't think anyone around here will be too concerned.

[HordiBrusk29]

I like this signing but it's hard to understand where Auld will fit in. Even if he were to play in the AHL, you'd think Phoenix would want to give LeNeveu a majority of the starts. I'd rather have Auld as my back up goalie than Tellqvist but it doesn't appear that it's going to work out that way.

[canuck2]

Originally Posted by HordiBrusk29

I like this signing but it's hard to understand where Auld will fit in. Even if he were to play in the AHL, you'd think Phoenix would want to give LeNeveu a majority of the starts. I'd rather have Auld as my back up goalie than Tellqvist but it doesn't appear that it's going to work out that way.

None of the guys they currently have on the roster have much of a stellar history. I think they are signing a bunch of guys cheap and hoping one of them comes through. Wishful thinking? More then likely not.

[Isles4life]

Originally Posted by canuck2

None of the guys they currently have on the roster have much of a stellar history. I think they are signing a bunch of guys cheap and hoping one of them comes through. Wishful thinking? More then likely not.

You could use Darius' logic in Pittsburgh a bunch of years back. If you tie them all together and put them in the goal, you might get some good results!

[HordiBrusk29]

Originally Posted by canuck2

None of the guys they currently have on the roster have much of a stellar history. I think they are signing a bunch of guys cheap and hoping one of them comes through. Wishful thinking? More then likely not.

I agree. Which is why I don't see this as a bad signing. I do feel Auld has some untapped potential and having him around short term certainly can't hurt the team. At the very least it provides some competition in training camp.