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Originally Posted by JJ1532
Is the 1a/1b method also not effective? Dallas is using it to good effect with Lehtonen and Niemi. Elliott and Allen did the same in St Louis last season.
I think the more common system used is starter/backup because most teams have a guy that is a legitimate starter, someone you will expect to play 50-70 games in a season. We are one of the teams who don't have a goalie at that standard. I think the goalie tandem worked well for us last season and hopefully Hiller is fired up(given his comments today) enough to go out and show he can wrestle some games back off Ramo. It was only last season that he managed more starts and better stats than Ramo. I still think there is an average NHL goaltender in him.
But I don't think Hartley is in a position to name either as his main starter, neither are good enough for that distinction. Keep it as it is.
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Well, Dallas is deploying a 1A/1A tandem, I don't think it is right to even compare the two goaltending situations. Hiller needs to come in a play like the useful goalie he was last season. If not, it's going to be a short trip back to the bench. Even then if things go wrong for him tonight I think that they leave him in all game so Ramo doesn't have to do anything. Whatever happens tonight, I think Hiller gets 3 or 4 starts in a row and hung out to dry if he doesn't get it together.
Which, may spur Treliving to finally go out and make that trade. Knowing full well there isn't a good insurance policy beside Ramo should he get hurt.
Going to be an interesting few games.