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the curtis mcelhaney dilemma: What does Babcock do?

bjjgal

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Ok so you have Curtis as back up. Team loves him. He's decent in net. Not spectacular but works hard and battles reminiscent to Reimer. On the Marlies yuo potentially have one of the most under rated goalies in the league Pikard who has looked very sharp and is only 25 and athletic af.

What happens here?

My guess is Pikard gets called up, performs better than Andersson (yes, you read that right) and gets a large share of Leafs games especially when Andersson falters towards the end as he always does.
 

shack

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Leafs are 6-1. There is no dilemma.

If they were struggling or had a poor start, maybe. For the most part the players selected are doing the jobs asked of them.

To make a significant change as you are proposing is fraught with potential negative results and upsetting the good flow and chemistry of the team right now.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. For a team that is winning and winning well, it would be a biiig mistake to try for perfection, which is what it is. And there are no guarantees that it would work.

Where is the crisis? Who/what is bringing the team down.
 

Ironhead

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The only thing I can see happening here is maybe at some point Pickard gets a shot at backup and maybe replaces Mcelhinney. More likely if the Leafs end up preferring Pickard they wait until summer to try to move Mcelhinney, unless injury plays apart. Of course if they give Pickard a shot and he is clearly better than Curtis then a decision would have to be made during the season.
 

raptorizedguy

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I think they should rotate goalies from the AHL in the backup role .... That way the backup has seen some game action when he his called apond from the big club.
 

K Douglas

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Choice is a nice luxury to have.
 

glamphotographer

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The situation is almost dire in Montreal. Only 3 pts thus far in the season and a -20 goal differential.
 
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