Équipe: 2021-22 Rangers de New York

Date de création initiale: 22 nov. 2021

Publié: 22 nov. 2021

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

There's been a lot of talk -- and for good reason -- that the Rangers need to do something about their right wing depth. But to me, that's absolutely not the biggest complication right now. At least Kaapo Kakko and Julien Gauthier have stepped up their games ever since Sammy Blais tore his ACL. My focus is on a problem that continues to remain unchanged: backup goaltending.

Alexandar Georgiev is not it, period. He had a good stretch of hockey right before Covid shut down the NHL, and that's it. Those games alone led everyone, including myself, to the false belief that he was a fringe starter. In reality, he's a fringe backup. Georgiev has found himself near the bottom in goals saved above expected in both 2020-21 and 2021-22. IMO, this phenomenon is only coming to light now simply because his save percentage is at an abysmal .858%.

Keith Kinkaid or even Adam Huska can't possibly play worse than this. Now I'm not saying that they're reliable players at all, but even if they put up below average numbers that would still be an improvement.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk. I have to go to Multivariable Calculus class now.

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