[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Gaudreauvertime

Unrelated to Elliott's performance last night, does anyone else think Johnson could end up the starter by the end of the year? He was fantastic last year on a pretty poor Buffalo team, going 22-16-4 with a .920 save percentage and 2.36 GAA. And it's not like those numbers are outliers, his career numbers are 50-30-11 with a .917 save percentage and 2.39 GAA. I find him to be pretty underrated.

Compare that to Elliott's .914 career save percentage and 2.41 GAA, despite playing a large chunk of his career behind a structured defense in St Louis. Outside of St Louis, his career numbers are awful, going 61-53-16 with a .901 save percentage and 2.90 GAA. I know he's been heavily touted as the answer to our problems in net, but I just don't see it. He's not great positionally, he's not the most athletic guy, and he doesn't display great hockey sense.

Yes, he was great in St Louis behind Hitchcock's system, but haven't a lot of goalies had career years with Hitchcock?

I really think we'll end up seeing Johnson steal the starting job. Thoughts?