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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Do people really still think that having 3 goalies to start the year in any way contributed to the team's abysmal start?
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Yes. Not the main reason, but definitely a reason. Yes, they should have shown stronger mental strength, but the way they were handled was poor.
Last year, Hiller and Ramo made a reasonable tandem. One gets hot, gets a run of games, cools off, other guy comes in, does well, gets a run of games, cools off, rinse repeat. But having 3 goalies changes the dynamic. I think all 3 must have had, in the back of their minds, the worry that if they had a bad game or run of bad games, they could get demoted to Stockton or possible traded(more in Ramo/Hillers case). Playing with that uncertainty as to which 2 of the 3 would make the roster contributed to their poor form.
Whether you hang that on the coaches, GM or players and how much it was to blame for the poor start, I do think it contributed to the poor start.