Last time I checked, Sigalet isn’t the one performing out there. He gives out pointers, he assists the goalie in being prepared. It’s not entirely on him if the goalie plays poorly. I’m no expert on goaltending, but what I do know is that you stop the puck.
Since Sigalet’s hiring (8/15/14), we’ve had awful goaltending.
Ramo
Hiller
Ortio
Johnson
Elliott
Smith
Rittich
1) We haven’t had an elite goaltender since Kiprusoff
2) Treliving has been looking for an elite goaltender (Bishop, Fleury, Murray) but didn’t want to pay the price.
We can definitely say that Sigalet hasn’t been doing as well as we thought. But, can we put the full blame on him when we’ve received goalies listed above? None of them scream elite.
We’re going to have to see what we’ve got in Rittich for a stretch of games. Maybe even until the calendar year is over. That’s the only logical direction at this point because what team is going to sell their goalie 20% into the season?
If we do fire Sigalet I won’t be shocked. The results haven’t been there. We’ve had him for 4 years now and want better than what we’ve seen. With all of the goaltending changes, you have to start pointing the finger at him.
My stance is 50/50 on Sigalet. It’s not the end of the world if he stays or if he goes. I do know that goaltending changes will be made in or before 2019. Treliving fixes the D with prospect-ready players, fixed the forward this season, now he’s just got the goaltending to look at.
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