Recalled/Assigned: TB recalls G Gudlevskis from SYC

[Brie]

TB recalls G Gudlevskis from SYC



Good, Bish needs a rest and I don't think anyone trusts a cold Poulin against a team like CHI, even with Keith out.

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[The Macho King]

Good call. Hope he has a good one.

 

[Hoek]

Now we got the win tonight I have no problem resting Bishop.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Big game goalie gets a big game. Sounds perfect to me.

If you're the NHL, you want Bish out there for the nationally televised rematch, but he needs to rest badly.

 

[ThunderAlleyNomad]

Yeah, don't really care what the NHL wants, Ben needs a day off. St. Louis on Tuesday is also a nationally televised game. He'll definitely want to play in that one, it's his home town and all.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Yeah, don't really care what the NHL wants, Ben needs a day off. St. Louis on Tuesday is also a nationally televised game. He'll definitely want to play in that one, it's his home town and all.

Yep. Imo it was a mistake too for him to play in both games in the first back-to-back a week ago.

 

[Glide5]

Its time for the big show to have a big game. This is exciting. Will either be a crazy win, or a complete flameout for Gudles.

 

[These Are The Days]

I'd bet my dinner that Gudlevskis starts the St. Louis game and we see Ben return to action on Thursday against the Avs. That should do the trick for him. I know it's Bishop's home town but he can afford the night off then. You don't put in your backup in a Stanley Cup rematch.

You win the Chicago game at all cost. Do that and the road trip would be successful by the time you've stepped into St. Louis with no less than 5 points out of 8 achieved.

 

[The Macho King]

I'd bet my dinner that Gudlevskis starts the St. Louis game and we see Ben return to action on Thursday against the Avs. That should do the trick for him. I know it's Bishop's home town but he can afford the night off then. You don't put in your backup in a Stanley Cup rematch.

You win the Chicago game at all cost. Do that and the road trip would be successful by the time you've stepped into St. Louis with no less than 5 points out of 8 achieved.

Gotta disagree. Bishop was shaky tonight, and has been... inconsistent lately. He's overworked.

Chicago is not a divisional rival - and this is not a division game. Bish needs time off.

Edit: And I for one don't think Bish gives us the best chance to win tomorrow night. We're already not a great team on b2bs, but Bish has to have been horrible in such situations when he's played them. I don't have numbers in front of me, but unless my memory is playing tricks on me, we should put someone else in net tomorrow night.

 

[Kramerica Industries]

In fairness, most goaltenders will struggle in back-to-back situations. General intuition supports that - certainly statistical studies support that. I'm sure we can also recall from the stretch run in 2013-'14 when Bishop got run into the ground on back-to-back starts because Coop wouldn't trust Lindback to catch a beach ball.

Poulin's essentially a paper backup. I can't really fault them for wanting to get Kristers regular reps, but you really hope that Bishop starting 8/8 to start this season doesn't put him behind something of an 8-ball going forward. Probably going to get a bit more Vasileviskiy, including some consecutive start patterns from him, when he's healthy again.

 

[wxkid23]

Of course the game I'm going to... hopefully big game Kristers shows up

 

[DFC]

The BP podcast guy called this. Poulin's basically here so we don't have to keep Gudlevskis on the bench.

I worry that that's our exact plan for Vasy though.

 

[OscarsCards]

This is just great
I hope that Gudlevskis will start the game, can't wait.

 

[The Gongshow]

Maybe he'll pull a Latvia performance again like in the Olympics

 

[2MinutesforGiraffing]

It's only been 2 games, but he looked good in Syracuse. I'm cautiously optimistic.

 

[Hoek]

I'd bet my dinner that Gudlevskis starts the St. Louis game and we see Ben return to action on Thursday against the Avs. That should do the trick for him. I know it's Bishop's home town but he can afford the night off then. You don't put in your backup in a Stanley Cup rematch.

You win the Chicago game at all cost. Do that and the road trip would be successful by the time you've stepped into St. Louis with no less than 5 points out of 8 achieved.

We have another game against Chicago at home later that is probably more "must win" for us fans. Really though you're blowing it out of proportion IMO, it's just another 2 points up for grabs, the Hawks won't be kicking themselves if they lose.