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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
Was it ever really about this year though? Not sure the pressure is off, we still have no idea who is going to play goal for us next year and do it well. BT needs to solve that problem and I'm not sure how long he can wait to do that.
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No of course not.
Even though its a rebuild I think the expectation is always to do better each successive year. The goalies were good enough last year, and with the additions I am pretty sure the plan was to build. They did not add those pieces only to forecast a step backwards, that is for sure.
The first 20 games of the year the goal tending was holding the team back, you can't risk the plan due to a 3 players not playing anywhere near their (admittedly modest) potential. You can't let a wound like that fester.
But now that Ramo is back to winning games and Hiller is not out-right losing the team games BT can focus on vets for asset trades. Such as Hudler.