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The Importance Of Goaltending
by Paul on 03/07/08 at 01:53 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
Ken Hitchcock, the Columbus Blue Jackets’ coach, who has been to the Stanley Cup final twice and the semi-finals two other times in his career and sports a 66-51 career playoff coaching record believe that in the era of parity, to get to the final, “your goaltender, at least once, has to win you the series - because of the physical demands on teams now.
“There was a time when you could win a series because there was such a huge difference between the rosters. There were haves and have-nots and the have-nots had to go out and stone you every night. We had that happen to us once — Cujo (Curtis Joseph) did it when I was in Dallas (playing for the 1996-97 Edmonton Oilers).
“The difference between the haves and the have-nots — the first and eighth seeds - is so minimal that even if you’re a top seed, your goaltender is going to have to be very significant….”
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