23 Intently Staring Goalies
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It’s a goalie showdown in the Western Conference Finals
by lsefton on 05/08/12 at 06:42 PM ET
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The brackets are long broken, and the sportsbook numbers no longer make any sense whatsoever. What could cause such a one-two punch to amateur and professional wagering? How about a Phoenix/LA Western Conference final!
Neither Smith nor Quick were tagged as “the one” at the beginnings of their NHL careers, although Quick took the role in very little time. Under the coach and GM team of Darryl Sutter and Dean Lombardi, Quick’s star has risen, and he’s caught the attention of the national hockey press. Western Conference teams, and specifically Pacific Division teams, have had the “pleasure: of trying to get the puck past Quick this season, and once the Kings started to show some goal scoring support for their goalie, the team took off.
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No Ma’am, we’re Goalies
by lsefton on 04/21/12 at 03:34 PM ET
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It isn’t then end of the first round, but we can see it from here, and Braden Holtby continues on his mission, and he continues to get attention from the press.
Why? With the “don’t worry, we’ll score more” battle of attrition between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and almost daily wait for the” who, what and why” suspension announcement from Brendan Shanahan, it’s one of the classic sports stories—new and relatively unknown kid makes good, and makes it in a pressure filled and glaringly lit venue.
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Who is that Masked Man—callups and signings
by lsefton on 04/07/12 at 03:25 PM ET
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We’re seeing more than the usual share of backups and a mix of kids ad oldsters from the AHL as the season winds down. Some teams are slotted in and want to give their #1 a rest. And some, well because they don’t have a choice.
The Washington Capitals fall into the latter category, and the big arrow stops on… Dany Sabourin!
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Tags: Anton+Khudobin, Dany+Sabourin, goalies, NHL, Viktor+Fasth,
More Three-Dot Madness! Goalie Signings and Random Reappearances
by lsefton on 03/30/12 at 05:25 PM ET
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We’re coming up on the end of the season, and some of the teams you wouldn’t have suspected are continuing to make goalie changes and additions, well, because they really don’t have many options:
In the “Where is he now? He’s on the Island!” category, the New York Islanders have signed John Grahame to an end of the season contract. With Nabokov’s injury, the Islanders, who as you remember, started out this season with three goaltenders in tow, are down to one, AL Montoya, and their AHL call-up, Kevin Poulin. The Islanders’ AHL team, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, are currently in first place in the Northeast division of the AHL. Signing Grahame appears to be partly giving the Islanders some depth at goal, and an attempt to not mess up the Tigers chances.
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Tags: Brian+Elliott, Goalies, Jaroslav+Halak, John+Grahame, NHL, Shawn+Hunwick,
Coast to Coast—it’s the three dot Goalie Lounge
by lsefton on 03/21/12 at 05:58 PM ET
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Apologies to the ghost of Herb Caen!
Nabokov signed up for another year on the Island. According to TSN, he’ll be making $2.75 million to backstop the Islanders. Even though Nabokov’s record is south of .500, his 2.56 GAA and .912 save percentage is enough to make him a serious candidate for the Islanders’ MVP. Nabokov also gives the Islanders insurance if/when DiPietro comes back next season.
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Tags: Brian+Elliott, Evgeni+Nabokov, goalies, James+Reimer, Jaroslav+Halak, Jimmy+Howard, Joey+MacDonald, Jonas+Gustavsson, Jonathan+Quick, Marty+Turco,
On the trading room floor
by lsefton on 02/13/12 at 05:59 PM ET
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I was listening to the post-post game show on WGN radio this past Friday night, when a caller asked about trades. The show’s host Judd Sirott, said that everyone is looking to get a Center or a Defenseman.
Well, yeah, except when they’re looking for a goaltender. And as the trading deadline approaches we’ll start seeing teams trying to get that second goalie who can spell their star, or who will be looking for some fresh talent to try out in goal as the season slams head-first into the playoffs.
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One More Season for Brodeur?
by lsefton on 01/18/12 at 02:13 PM ET
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Marty Brodeur says he wants to play at least one more season. At some level, this has to make Lou Lamoriello happier, because he doesn’t have to figure out who’s going to be in goal next year. On the other hand, New Jersey is going to be playing, if they stay with the current duo, with 40 and 39 year old goalies.
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Bi-Coastal Goalie Woes
by lsefton on 01/09/12 at 04:10 PM ET
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It’s the New Year—how’s your goalie situation?
The lucky teams have 2 (or 3!) healthy, happy goalies, and some nice spares in the AHL.
The not quite so lucky teams have 2 not so healthy, maybe not so happy goalies. The even less lucky ones might be able to scrape together a goalie from the three they are carrying, but don’t count on it.
Then we have the teams that are looking into the abyss, with injured and/or past their pulldate goalies, and nothing much of interest in the AHL cupboard.
And the teams with 3 happy, healthy goalies rap every piece of wood they can find, and wait for the phone calls.
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Tags: Anaheim+Ducks, Florida+Panthers, goalies, Iiro+Tarkki,
Protecting goalies now to pay more later?
by lsefton on 11/17/11 at 01:40 PM ET
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First, I’d like to apologize to the Edmonton and Dallas goalies. I obviously jinxed the bunch of them last week. Temporality doesn’t imply causality, but whoa….
Speaking of temporality, the cause d’jour is now whether the NHL should better protect their goalies. Actually, that’s protecting their goalies from hits by other players. That’s a different issue from protecting goalies from pucks hitting them in under protected or inappropriately re-engineered on-the-fly equipment. That should be looked at, and I hope once the GMs finish up with the player hits, they’ll take another look at how they can reduce other goaltender injuries.
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Don’t leave that goalie on the shelf!
by lsefton on 11/01/11 at 06:24 PM ET
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Tim Thomas is on the cover of this month’s Improper Bostonian. Trim Thomas’ story, and how he ended up playing for too long in the minors and in Europe, make an interesting point about how goalies are selected and developed (or ignored) in the NHL:
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Elliote Friedman re: what can we do to make goalie masks safer
by lsefton on 10/25/11 at 11:15 AM ET
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It looks like it wasn’t just George Malik (and thank you George, for the drill-down on my post!) and myself who were thinking that someone or someones need to take a better look at how to deal with the current state of goalie masks. Elliote Friedman explores this in his CBC/HNIC column:
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Who left the wake-up call for November 1st?
by lsefton on 10/22/11 at 03:47 PM ET
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Seems like the goaltending issues are hitting early and hard this season. We have goalies who made late entrances, some whose teams wished they had made late entrances, and some who are coming and going so quickly that the pre-game notes are getting eraser marks.
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Tags: Blue+Jackets, Bryzgalov, Canucks, Flyers, goalies, Luongo, Mason, NHL, Schneider,
Toronto—Is Reimer the Real Deal?
by lsefton on 09/29/11 at 02:33 PM ET
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We’ve headed to the portion of the preseason where the teams have sent down the kids to the OHL, and the "professional tryouts" are starting to look worried. Time to look in on some training camps and see how the goaltending situation is working out.
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Tags: goalies, goaltending, Gustavsson, Leafs, NHL, Reimer, Toronto+Maple+Leafs,
Coast to Coast—it’s Goalie Link Love 9/20!
by lsefton on 09/20/11 at 12:44 PM ET
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The first full week of training camp means that teams get to take a good hard look at their goaltending situation, and for some of them, hoping that the Goalie Fairy has left something nice in the crease.
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Tags: Boston+Bruins, Chicago+Blackhawks, goalies, Los+Angeles+Kings,
Decisions, Decisions
by lsefton on 08/09/11 at 07:41 PM ET
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Hey, Marty! Marty Turco!
Yes, I know it’s you. C’mon turn around and let’s have a chat. I know you’re busy making the rounds of all the franchises, checking to see if you can make a deal to be invited to training camp, and hey, just maybe be offered a backup job. That’s what I’m here to talk to you about.
No, not a job. Seriously, do I look like an assistant GM? Nope, we’re going to spend ten minutes on what you’re doing, why you’re doing it, and maybe why it’s not in your best interests. So, let’s call this a little electronic intervention towards your best interests. Ten minutes, that’s all I’m asking.
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