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Testing Ken Holland
Last year, Tyler over at mc79hockey.com included a quote by Red Wings GM Ken Holland in an article he wrote about the goaltending market: My feeling is if you can get one of the five or six be...
The (Almost) Top Fifty Goalies Over The Past Three Seasons
During the present kerfuffle over the Nikolai Khabibulin signing, one of the points consistently raised is that he was the best available option and that he will be, at worst, a top-fifteen NHL g...
Proof That There's Still Stuff to Talk About in August
I launched this blog in April; it was curious timing, given that the Oilers had already finished their season, and summer was approaching rapidly. I did it because I was in trade school at the time an...
Redundancy
In 2007-08, the Edmonton Oilers employed a two-goaltender system for the third time in the MacTavish/Lowe era, and for the second time, it was a decision forced on the team by a starter's regression (...
THN ranks the goalies
This week's edition of The Hockey News offers a ranking of the Top 30 netminders in the NHL, an order meted out by seven former pro goaltenders:Martin BrodeurRoberto LuongoMiikka KiprusoffJ-S GiguereD...
Who's in goal?Crease situations come into focus across NHL
Goaltending's a funny position in the NHL, as every year, it's a bit of a revolving door. Unknowns heading into last season like Niklas Backstrom and Johan Holmqvist became starters with playoff teams...
The buyout brigade
The list of NHLers who have been or are expected to be bought out (or released) is rising by the day: Darcy Tucker, Kyle Wellwood and Andrew Raycroft from Toronto; Ray Emery from Ottawa; Jeff Hamilton...
Picking on pads
The big changes are expected next year when the league is expected to go to proportionate sizing for the first time, meaning equipment will be based on goalie's size and weight.It will have a signific...
Edmonton's crowded crease
The Oilers, of course, will open the season with three goaltenders: Garon, Dwayne Roloson and Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers.Roloson and Garon are both in the final year of their contracts, while Jeff Drouin...
2007-08 Vezina voting
The only real controversy from last night's awards? New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur winning the Vezina over Evgeni Nabokov of the San Jose Sharks, whose supporters feel like their man has ...
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