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I wouldnt consider last season of Elliott being terrible revisionist history at all, he had his moment as did Johnson.

I think Johnson overall was better in that he did his job, he came in and won some games when the starter was struggling. Nothing fantastic but he did the job of a journeyman backup and arguably saved our season.

If Johnson had come in while Elliott was struggling and also been terrible then we were sunk. But he did what he was expected to do.

Elliott on the other hand was terrible.

As an NHL Starter your baseline should be: "Good"

Make the saves you're expected to make and occasionally be awesome.

Elliot was either awesome or absolutely terrible and thats too wide a swing for an NHL starting goalie, so that tells us, and management, that Brian Elliott is not an NHL starting goalie.

You cant survive in this league with a goalie that costs you more games than he steals.

That video that flash posted? That doesnt go in on an NHL goalie.

So we move along. We tried the Brian Elliott experiment and it failed, he has proved throughout his career that for stretches he can be outstanding and for others he can be lights out terrible.

And thats not what we need, so we part ways and try again.

A couple of those Elliott 'highlights' likely cost Brian a lot of money...