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Not A Monster At This Point
by Paul on 01/06/10 at 09:14 AM ET
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from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,
Gustavsson, this young into his career, doesn’t yet look the like real deal but he is more than inching his way in the right direction. His personal coach, Francois Allaire, thinks he is only scratching the surface of the kind of goalie he can be. He would like Gustavsson to be more steady, less spectacular, more focussed avoiding the bad goal against, less reliant like he was last night of having to be spectacular when it was necessary.
“After the first two goals against, he just took care of the rest of the business,” said Allaire, talking about his 3-2 win last night against the Florida Panthers. “He made a lot of special saves. Jonas is starting to understand how to win and in the NHL that’s a long process.”
This is just the beginning. The assumption is he will get better, which bodes very well for the Leafs future in goal. The assumption is, this is only the beginning of the learning curve. But that’s the rub with goaltenders. Just when you think you know, you don’t. Just when you think Jose Theodore is a most valuable player, he becomes unwanted in two other cities. The Patrick Roys and the Martin Brodeurs only come along once or twice in a lifetime.
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