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Vegas Golden Knights Claim Malcolm Subban

October 3, 2017 at 11:06 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 7 Comments

The Vegas Golden Knights have gotten into the waiver action today, as according to Bob McKenzie of TSN, the team has claimed goaltender Malcolm Subban from the Boston Bruins. Subban was placed on waivers yesterday when the team decided to keep Anton Khudobin as their backup.

Malcolm SubbanSubban was an extremely divisive player among fans in Boston since being selected in the first round five years ago. Though he continues to show all the ability in the world and potential to be a top-flight goaltender in the NHL, his game has been marred by inconsistency since turning professional. Though he’s posted strong numbers throughout his AHL career, he’s prone to give up back-breaking goals at the most inopportune times and has struggled in his two chances at the NHL level.

While all of that is true, Subban is only 23 years old and could still develop into a legitimate NHL player. His reflexes, size and athleticism are all still above average, and if the Golden Knights can find a way to harness all of those things, they could have a potential goalie of the future. Still, they have challenges to deal with right now. The team will have to keep three goaltenders on the roster for the time being, as Marc-Andre Fleury and Calvin Pickard are not going anywhere unless through trade. That would leave Subban as a scratch most nights, which isn’t likely the best thing for his development.

That fact will lead to much speculation about a Vegas roster that already seems destined for a trade. They didn’t place anyone on waivers today, and now have 26 players on their roster. While Shea Theodore and Vadim Shipachyov are waiver-exempt, it’s unlikely either of them are being cut from the final roster. That means either some of their players are being put onto injured reserve, or a trade is in the works to get them down to 23 by today’s deadline.

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  1. stug14

    6 years ago

    Great. He can let in soft goals for a different franchise now.

    Reply
  2. mcase7187

    6 years ago

    It’s a shame they lose him for nothing but the kid is garbage the bruins have to have one of the worst scouting departments in the NHL they miss a lot on first round players

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    • Puckhead83

      6 years ago

      They really wiffed in Hamilton, Seguin, Pastrnak, Carlo, and McAvoy. I think you really wanted to say they mismanaged many of their first round picks in the Julien/Chairelli era.

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      • Steve Skorupski

        6 years ago

        Well said, Puck.

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      • mcase7187

        6 years ago

        Ya I can agree with that point instead but the did miss on a few like Hamal Caron that guy who went back to the KHL and Subban but your right a lot of it was because of the 2 bums we had running the team you can almost say 3 with Neely but it’s hard to be mad at the guy

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        • Steve Skorupski

          6 years ago

          Outstanding comment, mcase! You are right about the two bums. I take it that you are a Bruins fan? Good luck to you except when Boston plays the Red Wings. I am a die-hard fan of Detroit, but I am also a huge fan of the Original Six.

          Reply
  3. RealHalSteinbrenner

    6 years ago

    This guy is a joke and not, nor never was, an NHL goaltender

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