VanJack
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- Jul 11, 2014
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At this point in his career, Holtby is a backup goalie, period. And this would be fine if the guy was earning under $1m a season. But he's earning five times that.He was still on the ice. It counts.
I'm not taking umbrage with Demko. I love the kid, arrogant as he was down here. I am taking umbrage at the merciless attacks on Holtby who has been under siege every night as well. He has stopped 2 on 1 s and breakaways on a regular basis, but a tip in or a screen shot goes in and he sucks. I'm not and will not buy it. Has he been Vezina level? NO. How many keepers in any season are?
I think what frustrates Canuck fans is Holtby is just the latest in a long line of players on this team who are performing miles below their contract levels. This is a cap-strapped team headed for early tee times on the golf course for the sixth time in seven seasons. And I'm not even sure you can count last year's bubble as a 'playoff year' because every team with basically a pulse got in.
I tend to agree that dumping on Holtby probably isn't fair. After all, nobody was holding a gun to Jimbo's head when he signed him. But simply put, Holtby is a poor fit on team as atrocious defensively as this Canuck team. And now they're stuck with him for another season.