http://www.northjersey.com/story/sp...auging-how-kinkaid-reacts-more-work/99325692/
“There’s a whole different mentality of being a backup to being a starter, the stress of playing back to back games, the ability to put a win or a loss right away and come back and play really well,†Hynes said. “That’s the challenge for Keith. We’re going to see if he’s grown in that area.â€
Throwaway comment, or is the staff thinking about life without Schneider?
It's Hynes being a ******* again.
Honestly, if he wants to play Kinkaid more, that's fine. He shouldn't be playing two nights in a row and neither should Cory at this point in the season. You're setting them up for failure that way and even though he didn't face hardly anything last night, it was obvious he'd have a HEAVY workload tonight. Just like the first 3 times we played Pittsburgh, we allowed 40+ shots again for the fourth time against them.
I don't think we really need to see if he's a starter or not. Re-sign him to be the backup and play him in 3 of the back to backs we have left and maybe 2 other games. The idea that we need to play him to ''See what we have in him'' is really something that needs to die a painful but fast death, if that's what Hynes really wants to see. We shouldn't be playing him at all for the purpose of seeing what we have in him. I think he's earned another contract from us as the backup, I don't think we need to see more from him to confirm that. And we don't need to see more from him to confirm he should be a starter either. Play him because this season is over and there's no reason to ring up Cory's odometer on this joke of a final 3 weeks of a garbage season.
I'll tell you what though, if we play the **** out of him to end the season, I foresee his play dipping and I might actually change my mind on wanting him back, since he might actually finish with last year's numbers if that were to happen. He's shown time and time again that he's not a goaltender that excels with a healthy workload at this level. He's capable of 20-22 starts and giving you a solid backup job, that's about it though.