When the news was leaked that Carruth was joining Herning after a recommendation from DuPont I did wonder if some of our fans might be angry at DuPont for this.
As it turns out, DuPont getting Carruth signed up early in a different league instead of being a target for our rivals has proved a masterstroke. Whilst I agree with Devils86 that his reputation is already being (IMO) over-inflated - looking around the EIHL it looks very likely that Carruth would have been the top netminder in the league next season - at least based on their experience and reputations.
I can't remember so many other EIHL teams taking big gambles on their netminder as clubs are this year.
Peyton Jones in Belfast has the potential to be a very good netminder, but he's very inexperienced.
During his 4 years in the NCAA he set a record for his team for the most wins, but his stats aren't actually that great. Certainly not the best averages in the league.
He's only had two seasons as a pro and not played half the games in those two years -and again his stats aren't that great.
Glasgow, Manchester and Nottingham are all taking gambles on netminders with either little Pro experience or so few games in recent years.
Fife have Shane Owen who is a known quantity and can be good on any given night but the only netminder signing so far that impresses me is McAdam at Guildford. That's the type of signing I was expecting from Belfast.
Coventry, Dundee and Sheffield are all still to sign their netminder. Several Sheffield fans are getting nervous that Brust keeps showing up in the promotional media.......