txpd
Registered User
Depending on how the playoffs go, I may reconsider my stance on not doing this deal. I'm pretty nervous about going into the playoffs with Samsonov, Vanecek, and Anderson. I know goaltending success is pretty random but it seems less random with a talent like Gibson.
Yes. The reason you have an ace goalie, like a Holtby or Lundqvist in their primes or Vasi and so forth is that the reliability of top quality play is higher than with lesser veterans and inexperienced talent.
Seems clear to me that the Caps think that Samsonov and now Vanecek can develop into top level goalies and chose to go that way rather than move Holtby and get a veteran top goalie from elsewhere. I dont see them bailing off that plan after just one season where they are battling for another division title.