The Devils signed Scott Wedgewood to that two-way contract for 2020-21 with the idea that he'll be the main horse in net for the AHL Binghamton Devils and the player that would slide in as the backup in case of injury to either Mackenzie Blackwood or Corey Crawford on the parent club.
Wedgewood will receive a pro-rated $700,000 when he would be on the New Jersey roster and $200,000 when playing for the B-Devils on a one year contract.
The 28-year-old Wedgewood spent last season on a similar contract with the eventual Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning and their AHL affiliate in Syracuse.
Wedgewood played 26 games for the Crunch in Syracuse, winning 13 with a GAA of 3.01 and a save percentage of .893.
Wedgewood's last NHL appearance was with Arizona in 2017-18, playing in twenty games for the Coyotes.
The Devils have had quite a few veterans through the years to serve in this role and most teams use a similar system with a veteran for emergency goaltending help unless the team in question would have a top prospect to play in the AHL, such as the Mackenzie Blackwood years in Binghamton.
Scott Wedgewood fills this role perfectly as the main goalie in the AHL and as a goalie that can fill in as a backup in the big league in a pinch.
Which brings me to why I am writing about a minor signing.
I'm sure that if you ever took a glance that we receive very few comments on the page here.
Oh, I get feedback, but it is usually on Twitter, Facebook, or even email.
But every once in a great while, I'll get a comment and I'll remember it.
The comment in question was about Scott Wedgewood and when the Devils traded him to Arizona from a person that I didn't know before or since, this person offered a comment about the post which wasn't nasty, but it was memorable as this person acted like the Devils didn't swap Scott Wedgewood, they traded away a prime Martin Brodeur.
It was memorable, not because he was so wrong, but for being so vehement about a third string goaltender.
I've been wrong before and I've even been wrong about guys that never came close to turning out, but
every time the name Scott Wedgewood was mentioned, I always remembered the person that was such a big fan.
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