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Originally Posted by heep223
Whatever BT was thinking with this goalie experiment, whether it was accidental or planned, it has been an utter failure.
I know he's said that it's not ideal, well do something about it FFS instead of letting the team implode on itself. I know the whole team has been bad but man....the softie by Ramo completely deflated them. And then the softie by Hiller again just horrible, when they had some momentum to come back. You know you're bad when Jason Chimera is sniping on you, with no traffic, from the outside of the face off dot, at a key time in the game.
Seriously it's ridiculous, just waive one of them already. Let the other vet take the helm until the team settles down and then play Ortio for a stretch.
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I firmly believe this. All the problems are stemming from the crease problem and it's squarely on Brad.
The goalies are uncomfortable - it's painfully obvious. The tenders need to have some degree of comfort in order to focus. In the back of their minds they are thinking about who's gonna stay and who's gonna go. That hinders their ability to focus on playing goal, hence the shaky play.
When your tenders are shaky, you can't play confident in front of them. Then you find yourself (as a skater) over thinking things and not focusing on the proper (and simple) fundamentals of hockey and the steps it takes to win.
This leads to overall team disunity, and a 1-5 start to the season.
Brad seriously needs to waive one of the vets and just run with VetX + Ortio before next game. This experiment has been a disaster. I firmly believe once the goalie has some degree of comfort (i.e.: relative job security) thier play will improve and team play will improve as well. Unfortunately, the damage may have been done. Two out of a possible twelve points is not good.
Time will tell if the season can be put back on playoff track.