Bacashihua Back To Peoria

Well, I for one can’t see how Cash will fit in Peoria. Schwarz’s the highly tutored prospect who needs tons of ice-time if he’s supposed to keep on developing. McKenna has proved he has some skills, as have Riksman (who probalby should be sent back to Finland to create some space). It sure is a tricky puzzle.

The only reason for the Blues to hold on to Cash would be as a little extra insurance in case of insjury to either Manny or Toivonen.

I think that Cash doesn’t have any future with this team. There are too many legit goaltending prospects in the system and Cash has had many opportunities to prove that he can string together a series of consistent performances. He has not yet managed to do that. I think he’ll be gone soon, whether by waivers or other means.

cash has no future anywhere. this is not the first time he has passed waivers. while i had this discussion here before with peple (having too many goalies is the one thing that does cause problems even in the minors) the blues are really down to loaning out two goalies. Beckford is past the echl stage, and while likely never to be a blues netminder of the future (especially with at least 3 legit choices in the system still not even playing for the blues yet) he can handle the back-up ahl job, as could riksman with the blues losing little developing time on them.

this tighness doesn’t get a lot easier in the future either. there are several valid prospects that will pretty much need the starting rivermen goalie job, and if the blues ever have two of them at the same time they will be forced to pretty much trade one of them.

and cash is no insurance, again marek is making pro mney and it NOT on a two way contract. if the situation developes that we need an short term injury replacement STARTER, he is the man. if we need a short term backup any of them (except cash) is acceptable…

Strickland on 1380 ESPN this afternoon reported that Bacashihua’s downfall with the organization was cemented with this training camp. Apparently Cash thought Sanford’s departure guaranteed him the backup spot and he was insulted by the trade for Toivonen. When he reported for camp, he had a bad attitude and it showed in his level of play.

Of course if you read Strickland’s blog on the subject, Bacashihua’s attidute wasn’t even alluded to.

Brad Lee wrote:

"Strickland on 1380 ESPN this afternoon reported that Bacashihua’s downfall with the organization was cemented with this training camp. Apparently Cash thought Sanford’s departure guaranteed him the backup spot and he was insulted by the trade for Toivonen. When he reported for camp, he had a bad attitude and it showed in his level of play.

Of course if you read Strickland’s blog on the subject, Bacashihua’s attitude wasn’t even alluded to."

Strickland’s covering his ass with that nonsense on the radio, precisely because he didn’t mention it in his blog. I saw Bacashihua in person at the Rivermen game tonight; he was up in the press box for a while, and he didn’t look pissed-off to me.

If Bacashihua had such a piss-poor attitude, Andy, why didn’t you mention it right away, instead of waiting until he got sent down before you decided to bad-mouth him and spread rumors?

Apparently, “Mr. Professional” thinks that this kind of muck-raking will convince people that he’s an “insider.” Personally, I think Strickland’s a poser, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find that Blues’ management — some of them , anyway — feels the same way…

Anyway, the Blues DO have a ton of goalies in Peoria, but if The Hyphenator can’t play any better than he did tonight (3 GA on 11 shots), he’ll find his butt back in Anchorage before you can say Jack Robinson.

I predict that Juuso Riksman will be back in Helsinki before Christmas.

Don’t be surprised if Schwarz gets 40-45 starts, and Bacashihua and McKenna end up splitting the rest. I don’t think the Blues have given up on Bacashihua just yet, but I DO think Strickland’s full of crap…

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