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Originally Posted by Red John
Lack was a disaster last year when finally handed the starters job.
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Playing 20 straight games, most of them with a back injury, tends to lead to poor results.
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Some canucks fans here were bleating about him having top-20 stats as a backup but being starter is a totally different animal and that's why Lack is a career backup. Easy to mop up and play well when there's no expectations.
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Yeah, no goalie has ever progressed from a backup role to become a starter.
He'll likely never be a top starter or anything, but nothing I've seen from his 5 years of pro hockey would suggest that he can't be a decent 1A/1B goalie. He might not get there, but it'd be silly to slap a ceiling of backup goalie on him.