Well, when I'm sober I do alright...SKYO wrote:IN knows whats up, we should know via Lu that a goalie's mind is a fragile thing, having two pretty much rookies leading this team could really mess with the minds of our team, you can see the confidence in a team when they don't have to worry about the goalie playing.
Bringing in a vet to help the team and mentor Lack (most likely) I think is a sound plan to make this team much more competitive immediately.
I guess I'm not significantly opposed to letting the two youngsters go at it. I just don't think that's the best course of action if Lindenning thinks we're a playoff team. If we do, I hope everyone's expectations are lowered significantly. I don't know how they're going to split the time up, but it's kind of a given Lack would be expected to play 50+ games. Seems a bit unreasonable to expect that much out of him. It seems that when guys are developing that consistency, they can go 1-2 stellar games followed by 3-5 stinkers. It's a major difference between true NHL goalies and AHL tenders.
Florida really butchered Marstrom's development, to the point that the couple games they gave him in 10/11 and 11/12 have made him waiver eligible. That puts the Canucks in a tough spot of either carrying a goalie that isn't ready, or risking him to waivers. Pretty tough call, but honestly it seems like Markstrom would be better suited in the AHL. His GAA at the NHL level is well north of 3 and a sub.900%, so barring significant development in the offseason we're likely to lose more games wtih him in net than we win.
If the plan is to shit the bed this season, then I guess it really doesn't matter. In fact, the more we play him the more likely we are to get a better draft choice. But at the same time that probably ruins him as an NHL goalie, and who knows if Lack can handle that starters load, we might ruin him too.
Colour me conflicted. I'd like to say we have a great young goaltending tandem that needs some seasoning, but we've all seen the Oilers and leaves do that dance and it hasn't been pretty. There's also the "goalie graveyard" factor, I would say we're equally likely to ruin both goalies as we are to see them improve significantly as a tandem.