This franchise is remarkable at producing quality goalies. Not only that, they've seemed to trade the right goalie away at the right time. Look at the haul we got for Jim Carey, Varlamov and Grubauer. I feel the caps have excelled in the goaltending development department better than any other team in the league and I dont think its even close especially if the criteria is drafting and developing, not just developing.
Maybe samsonov has gotten too comfortable thinking the crease was his this year because you guys are right about him not looking good in the games he's played so far this season. Hopefully I the emergence of the V-tek Engine will push Samsonov to be better so that we'll have a 1A, 1B scenario.
At this point I think Samsonov will have to wait for his opportunity to get back in the net. There aren't as many back to back games this year even though the schedule is condensed. I'd keep riding the V-tek engine until it shows some signs of being tired. It's not fair to him to sit a game when he's playing this well. The two points on Monday against the bruins are important because I feel we'll be battling them for 1st place all year and then we don't play until Thursday and Sunday. There's no reason Vanecek can't play everyone of those games.
