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Who's the best backstop in the biz?
About once a year -– usually the week of my "keeper league" hockey pool -- I pick up a copy of the Hockey News. This former staple in my life has almost entirely been replaced by the Internet.But my...
Scouting The Caps' NHL Goalies
While enthusiasm is bubbling over with regards to two of the Caps' younger goaltending prospects (Simeon Varalmov and Michael Neuvirth), I stumbled upon some interesting stats regarding NHL goalie sav...
Kolzig To Start Against Thrashers
According to Tarik, Olie Kolzig - not Brent Johnson - will get tonight's start against Atlanta.As noted earlier, Kolzig is 1-1-0 with a 4.01 goals against average and an .843 save percentage against A...
Kolzig: Not Stirring, But Shaken?
"I asked [Olie Kolzig] if he was upset about not playing [tomorrow night against Carolina] and he said he wasn't going to stir up anything in the media." - Corey MasisakWhether that means that Olie is...
Getting Hot At The Right Time
Olie Kolzig's current three-game stretch of outings in which his save percentage has topped .900 (.917, .912 and .939) is his first such streak since the first three games of the season and, other tha...
Caps Get Huet For A Second Round Pick
The Caps have acquired Cristobal Huet from Montreal for a 2nd round pick in the 2008 2009 draft (which pick? Not sure) (and the pick is the one the Caps got from Anaheim for Brian Sutherby earlier in ...
Mounds And Mounds Of Rebounds
"Every rebound is a personal challenge." - Dennis RodmanScience may have purported to conclusively show that Olie Kolzig's reflexes are cat-like, but your eyes (and this blog) have told you all year t...
Friday Roundup
Discussion time, peeps.Rink Reader Kyle shot me an email the other day that I'd like to throw open to the group:[Effusive praise omitted]I have a question re: goalie stats. In many of your game previe...
The Price Of Good Mentoring
You may recall that during the lockout of Ought-Four/Ought-Five, Olie Kolzig went back to his roots a bit and helped tutor a pair of young goalies playing for the Tri-City Americans of the WHL, Olie's...
Monday Roundup
Alright, it's time for Silver Lining Monday*, which today features the penalty kill. The Caps PK got off to a rough start, allowing seven goals against in its first 24 times shorthanded (70.8% effecti...
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