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You make some really good points...many of us thought that Babcock would have started Gustavsson against the Blue Jackets but it did not happen...I really would like to see what Gustavsson can do with a start and not just in relief of Howard. Unless Gustavsson has a 50 save shutout, I don't see Babcock rolling with him...Babcock seems very stuck in his ways and player preferences.
I dunno, he replaced Osgood with Howard during Howard's rookie season. My guess is he was expecting Jimmy to get back into game shape within 8-10 games. That obviously isn't happening. 24 shots against is good defense and Howard was just bad on two of those goals. I really do think he'll give Gustavsson a start and if Monster plays well he could get a few starts in a row. Hopefully that spurs Howard to start playing better when he see the writing on the wall as far as having to compete for the starting spot.