I keep reading these pessimistic comments regarding Elliott. I really don't understand why its so far-fetched that the guy came into the season with rust, hadn't been playing overseas like some other guys...and the absence of a training camp coupled with the sudden thrust into the fill-in starter role, and he had a snowball of loss of confidence. But that's not irreversible. In fact, I think we'll see them start to make a 2 games Halak, 1 game Elliott cycle again pretty soon.
I'll be shocked if Elliott doesn't tighten things up. He'll be just fine, and if he fails to do it...they'll be forced to send him down (probably lost on waivers) and bring up Allen. But I would be heavily against that (barring injury.) Can he replicate last year's record-setting numbers? Can anyone in the league? Probably not, but he'll be good enough to win games.