John Tortorella likes to go with the hot hand, but he is also usually aware of the physical capabilities of his netminders… That being said, that has not stopped him from starting goalies (be it Nikolai Khabibulin or John Grahame) from starting two games in a row.
With last night’s win, Sean Burke faced a good bit of work and turned away enough shots to earn the Lightning the win… Do you go with Burke?
Or does the Lightning pay attention to the fact the 38 year old netminder is coming off a groin injury, doesn’t play well against the breakaway and already has two losses to Washingotn to his credit, while Grahame has the teams sole win against the Caps?
Burke’s overdue for a W versus Alex Ovechkin… But the streaking Lightning are also overdue to punctuate their mini streak with a loss… Lets put that off as long as possible and - dare I say it - start Grahame in goal. John’s rested, and while he isn’t sound — he’s not a seive either.
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Gotta go with Grahame.
One period and less than a minute into the 2nd and I’m wondering how Burke would have held up.
2-0 Caps after Grahame gives up a penalty shot goal
And I turn my back to write that last comment and Grahame TOTALLY misplays another one!!! 3-0 Capitals…
Bad bounce off the boards it looked like.
Quite a performance in the shootout, eh John?
[...] Still… It makes me wonder about the call I made to give John the start in the last post. It makes me continue to wonder just how the Lightning are going to deal with the goalie situation in weeks, months and years to come… A win is a win though, and I’ll take that for the evening. A Thanksgiving eve treat that makes me thankful we’re even playing these games and not sitting through another year of the lockout. [...]