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Do The Mind Games Start
by Paul on 01/17/08 at 04:45 PM ET
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from George Johnson at ESPN,
The joker in the deck, however, is how incumbent Miikka Kiprusoff, the silent Finn, will react to the support (threat?) posed by a goalie who, although 40 and well past his peak, has still won 446 regular-season NHL games and himself been feted as a Vezina Trophy finalist.
The Flames can argue until they’re blue in the face that Joseph’s arrival means a fresher, more motivated Kipper, that he will embrace the competition and chance to swap stories and secrets with a fellow lodge brother.
Nobody’s trying to turn this into a goaltending controversy, but Kiprusoff could easily interpret the signing as a lack of faith, a kind of betrayal.
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Meh, this article is much ado about nothing. Kipper is the undisputed No. 1, it’s the defence in front of him that’s affecting Miikka’s SVP%. Why does Phaneuf average close to 30 minutes a night? Because he has to.
If I don’t trust Sarich, Eriksson, or Hale, I don’t think Iron Mike does either.
Posted by dash_pinched on 01/17/08 at 05:10 PM ET