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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Up until this recent stretch I'd argue Elliott has been every bit as bad as the goalies last year.
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You are just wrong about that. Simply, unequivocally wrong.
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To blame everything wrong with Elliott outside of the last 5 games on Wideman seems like a stretch.
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I don't think you blame "everything wrong" on Wideman, but surely the dramatic and almost immediate improvement in team defence since the Stone and Bartkowski acquisitions have to count for something pretty significant. I would argue as others have done that Elliott's game started to come around in December, still behind a pretty suspect and adventurous defence. The improvements made to the blue line in the past two weeks has helped Elliott to play his game more confidently.
Elliott is a good goaltender, and more importantly one that can continue to be a good, reasonably priced stop-gap for this team until they have a better read on Gillies and Parsons. I am not altogether impressed by the list of available free agent goalies this summer relative to their acquisition cost. To my mind, a 2–3 year deal for Elliott still makes a lot of sense.