If the season ended today, which free agents do you keep?

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by Inferno

They might not hold it against him for the season but they still call him out for bad plays. They also can give Chiasson props for good plays rather than think of excuses as to why he was lucky they happened.

I'm not saying fans should flip out when Johnson lets in a softie and want to run him out of town because overall he's played well this season. But if he lets in a goal that Elliott was crucified for say it was a bad goal too and move on rather than try and make excuses for him. That IS being biased.

Johnson's been steadier. Elliott often looks like he has trouble tracking the puck before it hits him, and he often looks like he has no idea where it is after that.

I guess I don't read too much into fan criticism of one goal or another - fans bitch about everything. Ultimately, I can only go with what the players have displayed on the ice. Brian Elliott's season so far doesn't crack the top-30 at his position, and he plays a position that only has 60 big-league jobs. Without four victories against two teams who have fewer wins than Chad does on his own, Brian Elliott is on waivers.

4-10-1, 3.26, .881 sv%, 0 Shutouts. Take Elliott's name out of it for a moment. You have a soon-to-be 32 year old pending UFA goalie who hasn't started 50 games since Barack Obama's first term, having a godawful contract year. What reason is there to keep that player on the NHL roster? Rittich or Gillies could do that. I'm willing to bet they could do better.

The saving grace to all of this is at least we know Elliott isn't the answer.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

Johnson's been steadier. Elliott often looks like he has trouble tracking the puck before it hits him, and he often looks like he has no idea where it is after that.

Having more faith in Johnson is fine. He would be my game 1 starter too if the playoffs started tomorrow. But I don't see what that has to do with my point of there being a double standard. I'm not happy with Elliott's season either but I judge him the same as I do Johnson. Which is why I'm part of the 'You win, you're in' crowd.

4-10-1, 3.26, .881 sv%, 0 Shutouts. Take Elliott's name out of it for a moment. You have a soon-to-be 32 year old pending UFA goalie who hasn't started 50 games since Barack Obama's first term, having a godawful contract year. What reason is there to keep that player on the NHL roster?

You keep bringing up his wins against bad teams to try and discredit him but as it was already pointed out by GioforPM, the bad teams don't always play bad just like the good teams don't always play good. Like I mentioned in my original post, he could have easily lost all those games but he did his job and got the win and came up with some key saves to secure those wins. But instead of giving him props for that, some want to ignore it yet they went bananas over Johnson's game on Saturday against a Canucks team that is considered bad.