DrunkenGoon
EOG Dedicated
I don't recall another year in recent memory where so many starting keepers have been out injured or otherwise this early in the season:
Goaltending Situations:
Arizona - Raanta out lower body injury
Boston - Rask personal leave
Carolina - Mrazek lower body injury
Chicago - Crawford still working his way back from LT injury
Columbus - Bobrovski losing starting time due to upcoming FA status, backup getting serious looks
Florida - Luongo missed a few weeks at the start of the season
Los Angeles - Quick and Campbell currently out, down to 3rd stringer
Montreal - Price not on top of his game, he's got some nagging physical issue and that's messing with his head, too much ice time for backup so far imo
Nashville - Rinne missed a couple of weeks, they don't miss a beat with Saros in there.
New Jersey - Schneider still walking on eggshells since missing most of LY
Philadelphia - Neuvirth out 2 weeks and counting
Pittsburgh - Murray off to shaky start after missing time at the start of the season
St Louis - Allen clearly has confidence issues, needs to see a shrink, or is it the Blues environment that does that to goalies, they all seem allergic to stopping the puck consistently.
Tampa - Vasy broken bone
Vancouver - Nilsson broken finger
Washington - Holtby's upper body
Is the equipment reduction getting these guys hurt? Not sure, but the goals are flying in and any time you get a depth guy in there only helps the overs.
Goaltending Situations:
Arizona - Raanta out lower body injury
Boston - Rask personal leave
Carolina - Mrazek lower body injury
Chicago - Crawford still working his way back from LT injury
Columbus - Bobrovski losing starting time due to upcoming FA status, backup getting serious looks
Florida - Luongo missed a few weeks at the start of the season
Los Angeles - Quick and Campbell currently out, down to 3rd stringer
Montreal - Price not on top of his game, he's got some nagging physical issue and that's messing with his head, too much ice time for backup so far imo
Nashville - Rinne missed a couple of weeks, they don't miss a beat with Saros in there.
New Jersey - Schneider still walking on eggshells since missing most of LY
Philadelphia - Neuvirth out 2 weeks and counting
Pittsburgh - Murray off to shaky start after missing time at the start of the season
St Louis - Allen clearly has confidence issues, needs to see a shrink, or is it the Blues environment that does that to goalies, they all seem allergic to stopping the puck consistently.
Tampa - Vasy broken bone
Vancouver - Nilsson broken finger
Washington - Holtby's upper body
Is the equipment reduction getting these guys hurt? Not sure, but the goals are flying in and any time you get a depth guy in there only helps the overs.