Off the record on TSN

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Off the record on TSN

Figaro · Guru

Bob couldn't just ride Huet into the ground. I think he made the right move. Aebi needed to get some wins in and when it was "obvious" that we were in the playoffs, that was the time to do it. Aebi proved he can win and now we have 2 goalies that can do it. I'd be comfortable with Huet because he has shown us many times what he can do. Either way, both goalies are virtually unknown to Carolina so maybe we have that going for us. I'm sure they've scouted them both somewhat but it might play a little in our favour.

barry33 · Guru

Figaro wrote:

Bob couldn't just ride Huet into the ground. I think he made the right move. Aebi needed to get some wins in and when it was "obvious" that we were in the playoffs, that was the time to do it. Aebi proved he can win and now we have 2 goalies that can do it. I'd be comfortable with Huet because he has shown us many times what he can do. Either way, both goalies are virtually unknown to Carolina so maybe we have that going for us. I'm sure they've scouted them both somewhat but it might play a little in our favour.

Totally disagree with you Figaor. Gainey totally mishandled the goaltending situation in Montreal and showed surprisingly little knowledge of goaltenders and their psyque. Huet was far from the point of being "ridden into the ground". Brodeur is older and played every single game for the last 2 months down the stretch. All Gainey managed to do was place some doubt in Huet's mind as to his value to the team. As far as Abby winning, his GAA is 3.71 and his save percentage is .887..nuff said.

JohnM · Guru

He made the right call according to what the "hockey minds" are stating. Personally, I would've liked to see how long we could've ridden Huet.

24 Rings · Guru

barry, I was just reading this past post of yours...

Gainey has been nothing short of brilliant in his use of goalies down the stretch!! The fact that Huet was hot and had 7 shutouts in 20 games is not relevant!! Kudos to Bob for going with Abeschier who has a GAA of 3.71 and a save percentage of .887! No question that this brilliant piece of coaching has helped Huet's confidence immensely (and will REALLY help Gainey when he talks to Huet's agent this summer :o)

...seems to contradict what you just said?????

barry33 · Guru

24 Rings wrote:

barry, I was just reading this past post of yours... Gainey has been nothing short of brilliant in his use of goalies down the stretch!! The fact that Huet was hot and had 7 shutouts in 20 games is not relevant!! Kudos to Bob for going with Abeschier who has a GAA of 3.71 and a save percentage of .887! No question that this brilliant piece of coaching has helped Huet's confidence immensely (and will REALLY help Gainey when he talks to Huet's agent this summer :o) ...seems to contradict what you just said?????

Not at all 24..that post was laced with sarcasm

24 Rings · Guru

Ah ha! I knew something was fishy about that one. Your searing sarcasm may need a happy face...haha

Jay1982 · Guru

you gotta use smileys or atleast "/sarcasm' or else we will take everything in a literal sense

mperra (Admin) · Guru

JohnM wrote:

He made the right call according to what the "hockey minds" are stating. Personally, I would've liked to see how long we could've ridden Huet.

Pierre McGuire doesn't think so. He thinks the Canadiens made a mistake and for their sake he hopes Huet wins.

Figaro · Guru

barry33 wrote:

Huet was far from the point of being "ridden into the ground". Brodeur is older and played every single game for the last 2 months down the stretch.

Huet has never played a ton of games so no sense in pushing him to the breaking point, which is unknown. Brodeur played 100 games a season for the past 50 years and never tires so you can't compare the 2.

-- Edited by Figaro at 01:09, 2006-04-21

The Kahuna · Guru

Figaro wrote:

Bob couldn't just ride Huet into the ground. I think he made the right move. Aebi needed to get some wins in and when it was "obvious" that we were in the playoffs, that was the time to do it. Aebi proved he can win and now we have 2 goalies that can do it. I'd be comfortable with Huet because he has shown us many times what he can do. Either way, both goalies are virtually unknown to Carolina so maybe we have that going for us. I'm sure they've scouted them both somewhat but it might play a little in our favour.

I've gotta agree with you Figaro. At first I was shaking my head at Huet not playing. But after Aebischer got a couple of semi-ugly wins where his play was improving I started to agree that it was a good idea to rest Huet and get Aebby in game shape. Gainey's biggest worry is probably Huet has zero playoff experience, but I'm happy he's going to give him the chance to get some.

The Kahuna · Guru

Figaro wrote:

barry33 wrote:
Brodeur played 100 games a season for the past 50 years and never tires so you can't compare the 2.-- Edited by Figaro at 01:09, 2006-04-21

I've also said that in the past few weeks. Another thing a lot of hockey people say is, that Jersey plays Brodeur way too much in the regular season and he his prone to tiring out in the playoffs.