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Originally Posted by belsarius
I'm not saying we bet the whole season on it, or we give him a Turek contract because of the last 10 games, but there are 60 more games to play this year which should give Johnson more than enough time to prove himself.
With goalies like Kipper, Thomas, Roloson, Dubnyk, Talbot coming into their own closer to 30 and given Johnson's underlying stats I just think it's a little early to write him off as a career backup on a hot streak.
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This is my thinking as well.
As for the UFAs, it may not be realistic to think they get 3 of them, but if they had to target one, I'd hope it was Oshie because of the gaping hole on the top line RW.
Then again, they could pull off a trade that solves that issue as well. Icing the same lineup as this year would be out of character for this team, they've shown time and again that they like to dip into free agency, even if the results haven't been as rewarding as they might have hoped thus far.