Who's in goal?Crease situations come into focus across NHL

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Who's in goal?Crease situations come into focus across NHL
RANGERLAND.NET found this 9/29/2007 on mirtle.blogspot.com [flag]
Goaltending's a funny position in the NHL, as every year, it's a bit of a revolving door. Unknowns heading into last season like Niklas Backstrom and Johan Holmqvist became starters with playoff teams, while backups took over the top job by midseason in a handful of situations (Chris Mason, Peter Budaj, etc.). With more than a few new jobs up for grabs this season, my guess is we're going to see [link]

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Saturday Roundup: Halo 3 Edition
Published 9/29/2007 by Calvin at RANGERLAND.NET
... A nice rundown of goalie situations leaguewide. Good for fantasy leaguers and just plain hockey fans. Interesting to see tidbits like Hiller pushing Bryz in Anaheim for the backup role, or that Harding could seriously threaten Backstrom in net. ...

A Little Of This, A Little Of That
Published 9/29/2007 by Scotty Hockey at Scotty Hockey
... *And finally for now, Mirtle posted an in-depth team-by-team breakdown of the goaltending situations heading into the season. Definitely a good read. ...

NHL Central Division Preview: Nashville
Published 10/2/2007 by Dave at Gorilla Crouch
... The team also lost Tomas Vokoun in a trade that was made partly because Chris Mason looks like he could handle #1 netminder duties, but also to cut salary. Mason looked pretty good in the games I saw last season, and James Mirtle suggests that backup Dan Ellis has been very solid during preseason play. ...