Morning Mashup: Connolly returns home

There is a new blog up so you’ll probably get more responses from that thread, but someone posted the lineup down below.

This is prolly what happens…but I wouldn’t fault Burke if he did it out of camp. In fact I would find the decisiveness in this case refreshing. It just seems to me that Gus is not breeding confidence into the team. As a fan I cringe when the puck goes near him. Whaereas with Reimer and Scrivens I am looking for that big save. Both patience and decisiveness are virtues, which do you apply here?

Seriously? I am not making that decision based on just those games. The goals were not the problem. Like I said it was his uncertainty in the net and mishandling of the puck. Last year he was .890 save % and lost twice more often than he won. The year before he was only .903 or something like that. He just has not been good enough for a playoff team. He is not a kid. We have better younger guys to run with.

I would love to agree with you but we would both be wrong.

yea fuck that. I wouldnt even trade kully straight up for that bitch

IMO, Gus deserves one more chance to prove he belongs here, mainly due to all the off-ice stuff he has had to deal with. However, business being business, this is the last year of his contract and the team has to make a decision with him going forward. If the confidence issues arise or his temper begins to show or his play simply falters, I would expect Burke to make a move.

did you get punked for your comments like i did? lol

Exactly.

I get where you are coming from and to an extent I agree with you. I think Gus has a higher ceiling than Scrivens and probably Reimer but those 2 seem locks to be steady, legit NHLers. If Gus can harness his talent and put it together that’s awesome, if not he can put in a season here at split duties or backup. Scrivens best development path is to play a lot of games with the Marlies. Best case for us is that all 3 of these guys become awesome and we have the trouble of having to rape someone in a trade for a goalie. To me based on contract situations the only logical thing to do is go with Reimer and Gus with the Leafs and Scrivens and Rynnas with the Marlies and reevaluate in Feb or March.