GDT #6: 2024/10/21 TOR v TB: The Old and Improved Bolts - ON AMAZON PRIME ONLY
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JackBurton
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I believe a few of us were mentioning Stolartz for awhile. check-out his numbers on a bad Anaheim team. He's the real deal.
I'm not big on the obsession over size with players, but I think size matters for goalies more than any position. We use to have small goalies like Toskala we depended on.
I'm not big on the obsession over size with players, but I think size matters for goalies more than any position. We use to have small goalies like Toskala we depended on.
Wayward DP
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Stolarz has been great so far, for sure. But he's still a dude who has never appeared in 30 NHL games in a season, with a long injury history.
I'd feel a lot better if we started alternating starts for our goalies. None of them can handle a starter's workload on their own.
I'd feel a lot better if we started alternating starts for our goalies. None of them can handle a starter's workload on their own.
JackBurton
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I agree. This is a little much for him. Let's hope Woll can stay healthy.
CH1
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yeah, Stolarz has always been vrey good when healthy.
MindzEye
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Yeah, I don't have any doubts about his ability to give is 30-40 above average games. 40+ though? There's only one way to find out i guess, but handling workload is its own skill for a goalie.
LeafGm
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Even if Woll isn’t healthy, there isn’t really a good reason for us not to be alternating goalies.
Not when Stolarz has never played anything close to a starter’s workload at any level of hockey. And when we’ve got Hildeby, Akhtyamov & Murray all around.
MindzEye
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Fwiw, Murray just stopped 35 of 37 in his 2nd start of the season.
JackBurton
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We have THE best goalie depth in the NHL. Do not risk burning-out Stolartz.
Wayward DP
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I expect an injury no later than the 20 game mark...
MindzEye
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That's the PTSD talking though. Nice things are not entirely foreign to other organizations.
leafman101
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I wouldn't plan on playing him more than 40 games. Even if he doesn't get hurt its a big workload addition, especially if you hope for a long playoff run, and his body isnt used to that wear and tear. He probably shouldn't have played 5 of the first 6 and I wouldn't keep that up .
Wayward DP
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yes, yes it is.
MindzEye
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Yeah, it would have been nice for Hildeby to have gotten one more of those games.
hockeylover
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i think hildeby is pretty darn good. i wouldn't really be nervous getting him in way more.
axlsalinger
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Slinger 48
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MindzEye
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- The "lower body" injury in 2023 was having his knee scoped...same knee
- 'rona in 2022
- More issues with the same knee, no surgery just rest and rehab
- Sept 2017 Knee surgery for a meniscus tear, same knee
- April 2017 Knee surgery for a MCL tear
leafman101
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So he's been fairly healthy since 2018, but the knee did act up.