Unfortunately the owner has no idea how hockey operations work to be successful and continues to have faith in a GM who is content to sit on the fence and not see how close we were to be heavy favorites to win the conference this year. Just look at the moves North Bay made at the deadline. Our GM still did not see how weak our goal tending is and did not have sense to address it. Do you not think this affects the players when they work their butts off only to be rewarded by a continuous reign of soft goals.
To his credit he did secure an NHL drafted import goalie, unfortunately it hasn’t really worked out so far. Fair to say that was unexpected. As far as Krawchuck, I think it’s fair to say we were excited to see him take the next step and maybe even challenge Vondras, so it’s fair to say he expected us to be set in net. He recognized we weren’t and overpaid for a largely unproven goalie that happened to have a good stretch. I don’t think it’s reasonable to have expected him to move Vondras so we’re left with hoping we can get capable enough goaltending out of one of them.
Not great because there‘s no more important position. The other night was a good example of how you won’t be able to out score your goaltending, on a regular basis anyway.
All the more reason to play as well as possible defensively. You have to wonder what our goalie coach is doing because our goalies don’t seem as technically sound as they should. Not sure what’s going on with Krawchuck but he seems to have regressed, it was almost embarrassing in Windsor and on any breakaway I never feel like he’s going to stop it.
I’m not sure the issue is ability, maybe it’s coaching, mental toughness or a combination but it’s unexpected and the biggest question mark among several heading into the playoffs.