Antropovsky
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Did he have better options at the time than Samsonov? Treliving isn't an idiot, to buy time and to save face, you don't come in and make abrupt changes. You trust your staff. Why else do you think teams have professional and amateur scouts and coaches for a reason. To just spend money?He went to Samsanov when he was outplaying Woll...
If a GM is that uninformed on players in the league when he was employed right before, there is an issue and he likely should not be hired.
Both Woll and Samsonov struggled in the season at times. While Woll was slow coming back from injury..Samsonov just struggled mentally as he has throughout his career. While at their best, Woll was the better goalie. Woll also was amongst the top in the league in high danger saves, while Samsonov was amongst the worst. Woll was also the better goalie last playoffs vs Samsonov.
I said after game 1 that I would've went with Woll for the series. Ullmark after the playoffs said the same.
Sounds like I know my stuff, if you'd like I can dig up my post... if you want me to toot my own horn more