Three Goalies May Occur with the Detroit Crimson Wings
Ken Daniels, the Detroit Crimson Wings’ play-by-play announcer, joined Steve Kouleas and Mick Kern on the Energy Play on Sirius XM NHL Community Radio and was requested if he thought the Crimson Wings would carry three goalies once more.
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Steve Kouleas: “With Ken Daniels, the face and voice of Crimson Wing hockey. Final yr, the Crimson Wings might rating, however they gave up virtually as a lot as they did put within the web at 3.33 and added a goalie. So, is it a three-headed monster? What’s the crease conundrum or plan transferring ahead?”
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Ken Daniels: “Effectively, and Steve talked about that. They’re going to determine it out as they go alongside, similar to they did final yr. And as they carried three final yr, it labored out fairly effectively for them, truly. And if there’s accidents elsewhere, and perhaps there’s a deal to be made, however actually it’s Cam Talbot, Alex Lyon, and the query mark is Ville Husso, who performed beneath 9 minutes from simply earlier than Christmas.
The remainder of the season, he solely performed 9 minutes. He was harm all yr after which Lyon acquired overworked. However now you add Cam Talbot, who yeah, beneath a construction crew like Los Angeles was than the Crimson Wings and it was a degree of reference on the finish of final season. Effectively I feel earlier than the season is over he’ll most likely be paired with Moritz Seider. It’s simply me considering that manner.
However general, crew protection must be higher. I feel they’ve acquired two good high strains. Compher has been skating with Kane and Tarasenko, and Compher is actually accountable in each ends, and the highest line that carried Detroit was Larkin with Raymond and DeBrincat, in order that they have the offense.
They’ve additionally misplaced some offense. 5 on 5, they’re down about 14% with these they misplaced, dropping Gostisbehere on the again finish and changing him with Gustafsson. You lose Jake Walman. In order that they’ve misplaced some offense, however that’s not their greatest concern.
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Their greatest concern is healthier goaltending and higher crew protection to attempt to make up the distinction for an absence of offense you’ve seen two years now of a Derek Lalonde crew.”