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Msun,

It's true his age makes a difference, but I guess I'm sick of being burned in this department; knowing that giggy will be gone next season means to me that we already know there's a spot open, but we need to know if Gus is part of the solution BEFORE we start throwing these other kids in, in front of him.

Mind you, if Giguere is out again, this is a great time to at least get Reimer in there.
 
number17 said:
When handed the #1 job, he was solid for 3 starts, then faded off. He looks like he still needs more time with Allaire.
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I thought it was fairly weird that he played his best as a Leaf as soon as Jiggy went on the IR, and then fell apart as soon as Jiggy was activated.
 
zeke said:
I thought it was fairly weird that he played his best as a Leaf as soon as Jiggy went on the IR, and then fell apart as soon as Jiggy was activated.
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he fell apart at the end of the tampa game, before giggy was activated.

gustavsson had three good games to start. he was very solid against new jersey, he was spectacular in the loss against montreal, and he was good against dallas (though it was a relatively easy night... so too was the nj game, but he gets marks for staying quiet and not getting himself into trouble as he's apt to do).

but in the next four games he wasn't particularly good. he played a lot like giggy in those games... some decent play for the most part but some really, really bad goals.

and he just completely fell apart against tampa... kind of like giguere against vancouver.. and it continued into the edmonton game (which also happened wtih giguere following the shit goal he allowed to raymond).
 
I know, I gave you one working out, maybe two working out at the NHL level. I am skeptical that all will be able to translate their game to the NHL level. I think one, maybe two would struggle in their first year. With Giggy injured this year, I don't think all 3 would look good.

Overall I'm on your side though, Call up Rynnas and give him a shot, you only need one of the three to clear .893 and it's a good move. If you're rebuilding already, might as well check which goalies look most at home in the NHL now.
 
i think as much as you want to know what you have in gus before next year... you also kind of want to know what you have on the farm. because it would be a real ****ing shame for the team to blow money on a goaltender next year if they don't have to... or waste a year of rynnas to keep giving gus a chance...
 
there's no reason to give Gus priority over the other guys, IMO.

They should all be treated the same. We've already wasted a few months of testing time that we could have used to figure out which goalies we need to keep. Hopefully this groin injury lingers long enough to give us the opportunity to get a better idea.
 
rated said:
You're biased on Gus because you've hated on him from the start. By the end of this year no matter what Gus does, you're probably going to say he isnt good enough to be a starter.
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Man i am glad someone else noticed that.
 
Honestly,

Just shut down Giggy for the season, and let him assist Aulliere with the goaltending coaching. Give the Monster the #1 role, and let him run with it, and call up one of Reimer/Rynass/Scrivens for the backup. This season is pretty much lost anyways, why not just see what we have in net for real.
 
18. Looked back at a piece I did on Ron Wilson when he first got the job in Toronto. He said he never talked to players after games because he knew he'd be too tough. Fits with some of his harshest public comments. However, one player did tell me the strangest thing about all of this is Wilson is much more supportive in private.

19. For example, as the team's struggles got worse, there were at least two occasions where the coach put together encouraging videos. One showed all the things they'd done right early in the season, the other was of hard goals they'd scored, to illustrate the types of plays they needed to make.
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27. Saturday morning, Nazem Kadri came off the ice after the morning skate. No one talked to him. It was astonishing, considering the spotlight he's under. That night? An assist and a huge shootout goal. Coincidence?

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/elli...-calling-out-players-a-thing-of-the-past.html
 
18. Looked back at a piece I did on Ron Wilson when he first got the job in Toronto. He said he never talked to players after games because he knew he'd be too tough. Fits with some of his harshest public comments. However, one player did tell me the strangest thing about all of this is Wilson is much more supportive in private.
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So basically....Wilson is a cranky, chirpy loudmouth in front of the cameras, but a pussy when the player he badmouths is in front of him.
 
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