Av-merican wrote:
Still astounded how little faith people had in Jimmy. He was a pretty low-round pick in every fantasy draft I took part in. And I'm pretty sure he's been more reliable than guys like Lundqvist and Rask.
I'm fine with Jimmy. He has at times gone on spectacular runs, such as the Red Wings last playoff run through the Western Conference a couple of years ago. He took the top two seeded teams, each, to 7 games and damn near got us into the Conference Finals. Last year he was not prepared mentally or physically to improve to the next level and we barely made the playoffs and got routed by the B's in the first round. To his credit, Howard, worked very hard this past summer to come into the season in great physical condition. We really worked hard on his inner core muscles and it shows. He has really played fantastically, so far, this year. Detroit fans are doing their typical shit and bitching about the goaler. It has been said for ages that the two toughest positions to play, in Detroit professional sports are, quarterback for the Lions and goaltender for the Red Wings. The guys who play those positions are always under intense scrutiny here. A lot of Red Wing fans wouldn't be happy until Detroit exhumed Terry Sawchuk and played him in net. They even bitched about Hasek when he was here. Osgood, Vernon, Cujo and others all received the same crap. Some of us are knowledgeable enough, thanks OTP, to recognize that Howard has been doing a really good job this year. It's too bad we lost Gustavsson to injury but it will give Mrazek some time in the NHL.
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