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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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I think it's more like a 1b/2a system in Calgary, where they switch places being the bad starter and the good backup. Therein lies the problem.