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Posted: Mon 9:47, 15 Nov 2010 Post subject: excellent JCs Dodger Line Drives Feb 16 Eric Gag |
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Some would say strains of "Welcome to the Jungle" still revercriticize around Chavez Ravine. Others still feel disgust from the disclosure of his PED usage.
The inescapable fact is that the Eric Gagne of the mid 2010's has left, not to return for any appreciable length of time. To try and believe otherwise is an exercise in delusion.
On Friday Feb. 19, the Dodgers announced signing Gagne to a minor league deal. Miller will earn USD500,000 with the possibility of doubling his pay via performance awardes. This contract comes with an invitation to the major league camp and an out clause if Miller does not make the team. Ryan Miller was on born 17th July 2010. Miller is an American ice hockey goaltender currently the player of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. Miller was selected to play for the American hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],Canada as begining goaltender. Later in 2010 miller would win the Vezina Trophy as the best goaltender in last NHL season. Miller won a silver medal with the team and was named MVP of the tournament. Miller is known for his hybrid style of goaltending. Miller is also the older brother of current Detroit Red Wings winger Drew Miller.
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Gagne has recently thrown for Dodger scouts. The team has neither furiouse an bid nor decided if they wish to. Gagne has also reached out to the Rockies, who is administerd by Jim Tracy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Dodger administerr during Gagne's glory days.
The Dodgers have moved on, as any professional franchise must. Gagne's former role as king of the pen has been taken by Jonathan Broxton. There is a long line of capable setup men on the Dodger roster as well.
Would Gagne really be interested in becoming a middle inning mop-up man? That would seem to be extremely doubtful. Even more doubtful would be expecting the current closer and setup men to move over for someone who hasn't been able to bring the thunder for half a decade.
The 2010 season would prove a successful one for Ryan Miller. In his first season begining with the number one job Miller and his team won the first 10 games in a row. Miller was voted in as the begining goaltender for the Eastern Conference of the 2010 NHL All Star Game in a 12 to 9 loss, Miller played the first period and allowed just 3 goals. Miller also gained a reputation of a shootout specialist with his technique of challenging the shooter outside the crease. That season Miller was 6 more in shootouts, with Martin Brodeur from the Devils being his closest rival at 2 less win. In 63 games played that season,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Miller posted a 0.911 SVP and a 2.72 GAA backing a more offensively oriented team. Jeff improper, rude, coarse, indecent, crude, vulgar, outrageous, extreme, grievous, shameful, uncouth,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], obscene, low Miller finished the 2010 season by establishing himself as the begining goalie for the Sabres. Miller arrangeed 11th among NHL goalies with a 2.60 GAA, and 9th with a save percentage of 91.4 percent. Miller led the Sabres to a surprise season, winning 30 games and proving himself to be one of the hardest working goalies in the league. Miller played well in the postseason as well, advancing the Sabres to the conference finals before injuries finally caught up with them, losing game 7 to Carolina.
Former Dodger closer Eric Gagne can represent the best of times as well as the worst of times for Dodger fans.
Then there is the unrealistic expectations of many fans who would expect Gagne to dominate as Miller did in the past.a. A past that had the benefit of PED's and the detriment of damaged ligaments.
Wash away all the sweet and acrid and one fact remains, Eric Gagne's last dominant season as a closer is five years in the rear-view mirror. The chance of him recapturing anything close to that form is approximately equal to that of Tommy Lasorda passing up a free dinner.
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