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Is Vokoun A Proven Goaltender?
by Paul on 10/19/09 at 10:01 AM ET
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from Jay Feaster at The Hockey News,
Shortly after the 2006-07 season ended in another first-round playoff exit for the Tampa Bay Lightning, I began receiving calls from Predators GM David Poile offering to solve our goaltending problem by trading Tomas Vokoun to us.
Poile had been told to slash payroll and was looking to move high-dollar contracts. He suggested that our cross-state rival, the Florida Panthers, might also be in the hunt for a No. 1 goalie and if we didn’t make the move we could find ourselves facing Vokoun six or eight times a year in our division.
While we had goaltending problems in Tampa at the time, we were not interested in Vokoun. Our pro scouts were not sold on Vokoun’s ability to win a championship and thrive under big-game pressure and his contract was too rich for us, both in real dollars and available cap space.
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I can think of plenty of teams that would want a guy like Vokoun. Granted his gaa stinks but that’s because the panthers stink. Still…I think the Avalanche got a hell of a deal on Craig Anderson; I just wonder what numbers he can put up starting more than 50 games.
You don’t need a championship goaltender to win a championship, you need a championship team; see: fleury, osgood, khabibulin…well…that’s about it…I consider Gigeure, Ward, Brodeur, and Roy to be championship goaltenders.
Posted by stoneman from Vegas on 10/19/09 at 01:11 PM ET
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This is a sad, unprofessional, and delusional little hatchet job. Tampa Bay should thank its lucky stars that they didn’t acquire a goalie with a second-best sv% in the league last season? Ha Ha Ha. What a douche.
Posted by Djoos on 10/19/09 at 12:05 PM ET