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Adam wrote on Mon, 02 December 2019 14:26

PlusOne wrote on Mon, 02 December 2019 14:10

Adam wrote on Mon, 02 December 2019 12:24

CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 02 December 2019 11:15

overdue wrote on Mon, 02 December 2019 10:55

Eating some crow is in order.

I mean, we can put it on the menu, but we're only a third of a nervous season into the success story.


Yeah, posts like that make me scramble for a piece of wood to knock on.

There's the chance you win the lottery any time you buy a ticket...it doesn't mean it's a good investment though.


I am definitely more confident in him than Smith, that is for sure.
I dont know how long it will take for me not to worry about the wheels falling off but for now I am very happy at the overall stability Koskinen has brought to the net. I think it is time to make him the starter and a normal rotation until he loses the net.


I'd play him more than Smith, but I wouldn't play him all the games. 66-75% of the time and that's it. I look at the way he fell apart down the stretch last year and I'm worried about his workload, so I'm managing it the best I can this year if I'm Tippett.

Starts so far are 15 for Smith and 14 for Koskinen - I'd be happy to see Koskinen's workload increased some - but I don't want him playing 40+ of the remaining games if I can avoid it. maybe 35/53...and even that might be high.


Still would love to know what Hitch was doing when he refused to play a backup instead of Koskinen. Was he just trying to grind Koskinen into the ground to make him know how hard an NHL grind is, like, as a development thing? Or did Hitch get stubborn and refuse to play Stolarz because the media kept telling him he had to play Stolarz 10 of the last ~25 games for us to keep his RFA rights?

From Feb 16 (when we got him) to the end of the year Stolarz got 2 starts. 23 for Koskinen.

[Updated on: Mon, 02 December 2019 14:32]


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