The bolded part reminds me of The Simpsons episode where Homer buys a pumpkin patch, charts the rise in price for pumpkins, and projects that the best time to sell his pumpkins off is in early November.
to be fair to him, we totally could have put lehner in the minors and run with andy- bishop. lehner was totally ready though, and i
think i heard someone say that lehner would have been very, very unhappy if he had to go back to the minors. unhappy enough to make future contract negotiations unpleasant. if true, we could have run with all three, but management didn't want to play hardball with lehner.
i'm a big andy fan, and have been since he got here. i think he's provided excellent goaltending in his stay here excluding last season. i don't think he's top 5, as that comes with consistency. any goalie can outplay another for a small stretch of games. the truly elite ones are top of the league year in and year out. andy isn't up there, but i think he peaks high enough to land comfortably in the top 10, even with his lows.
i hope he can keep his outstanding play up all season. i don't think it's possible, but a man can dream.