puck stoppa
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Brossoit is not taking over the starting job here. He's playing great and good for him, since preseason game 1 I felt we had something in this kid and Im glad he's playing great as we needed a backup like him. But he's still a back up here, Helly is the starter.
Helly looked tired last year by the last series but let's remember that he played 67 games for the first time in his career (56 was previous career high) plus another 17 playoff games for 84 games. He will not play 67 this year for starters. When discussing starts lets also not forget that starting goalies want to play and that goes a long way for their confidence. Helly playing anywhere from 55-60 games will be fine, it's a lot less games then last year and is a nice balance between giving the back up enough starts and resting our starter. But Id be leery in pushing Helly aside (thinking more rest the better) as he is the guy that will take us to the promise land, he's starting to get better but doesn't have his full swagger back yet but it's coming so give him the starts he needs and worry about that more than worrying about Brossoit. We are still winning after all and in first place in the west so no need to sit the starter. Once he gets going the Jets will be lights out and he will get going and win us games, Brossoit pushing him is great, should light a fire but Helly still needs his starts, my guess he gets 57.
Helly looked tired last year by the last series but let's remember that he played 67 games for the first time in his career (56 was previous career high) plus another 17 playoff games for 84 games. He will not play 67 this year for starters. When discussing starts lets also not forget that starting goalies want to play and that goes a long way for their confidence. Helly playing anywhere from 55-60 games will be fine, it's a lot less games then last year and is a nice balance between giving the back up enough starts and resting our starter. But Id be leery in pushing Helly aside (thinking more rest the better) as he is the guy that will take us to the promise land, he's starting to get better but doesn't have his full swagger back yet but it's coming so give him the starts he needs and worry about that more than worrying about Brossoit. We are still winning after all and in first place in the west so no need to sit the starter. Once he gets going the Jets will be lights out and he will get going and win us games, Brossoit pushing him is great, should light a fire but Helly still needs his starts, my guess he gets 57.
