mathonwy wrote:
My exact thoughts when I heard about the Miller signing.
The Canucks are setting themselves up for a goaltender controversy. Miller's a competitor, he's never won a Stanley Cup, and most of all, he wants to be "the man". You think at age 33 he's interested in mentoring Lack to replace him in 3 years? Fuggedaboutit.
Lack adequately proved himself last season and I think did enough to be the starting goalie. Now with this Miller signing, he gets dirt kicked in his face. But hey, what's new. This is Vancouver where we treat our goaltenders like shit so same old same old.
Miller WILL be the man, and Lack WILL be the backup. How is this anything different for Eddie Lack? He signed here as a Free agent, when this team had Roberto Luongo. He watched the controversy swirl around Lou/Schneider, he watched them trade Schneider, do you not think he was expecting to back up Luongo for a couple years? When they traded Lou, he played decently enough, but he obviously wasn't convincing enough to be a 55-60 game starting goalie.
It certainly shouldn't shock anybody that Linden and Benning were targeting a number 1 goalie. I highly doubt Eddie is surprised. The best thing is, he's got 2 years left, and then he's a UFA himself and can decide where he wants to go. If he's as good as you think he is, he will replace Miller or at least earn himself a nice deal elsewhere. If he's not, well then he's in the same spot he's been pretty much his entire time here in Vancouver, playing behind a veteran number-1 goalie.
I don't like this one bit and further confuses me on whether or not we're rebuilding or retooling or aiming for the last playoff spot to go out in round 1 and draft 18th overall.
Clearly they're aiming for the playoffs. It won't matter. The difference between Miller and Lack is not going to be enough to get the Canucks into the playoffs.
