Stars need decision on 2 goalies
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They also have two goaltenders under contract for two more seasons, which may not be nearly as beneficial.
Coach Lindy Ruff routinely switched between Kari Lehtonen Keith Tkachuk Jerseyand Antti Niemi during the regular season, when both goalies won 25 games. Things didn't work out as well in the postseason as the top-seeded Stars were ousted in the second round.
Three times in the seven-game series against the St. Louis Blues, Ruff made mid-game goalie changes. That included Game 7, when Lehtonen was replaced after one period in a 6-1 loss - like Niemi after http://www.officialjetsonlinestore.com/Womens_Youth_Laurie_Boschman_Jerseyhe started Game 3, another 6-1 loss.
''Obviously you don't like seeing that. It's bad on the whole team. It's not on the goalies,'' defenseman Alex Goligoski said. ''We have world-class goalies. It's not like they're letting in tons of bad goals. It's breakdowns, all kinds of things.''
Still, among the significant questions general manager Jim Nill and the Stars face this http://www.officialjetsonlinestore.com/Womens_Youth_Mark_Scheifele_Jersey" offseason is whether to stick with their two-goalie system. The combined contracts for the two Finnish goalies, both 32, have a salary cap hit of $10.4 million for the Stars - the most for any NHL team when it comes to goalies.
Former Stanley Cup winner Niemi was signed to a three-year deal as a free agent last summer. While the plan was to provide help for Lehtonen, there instead were often questions about who was the No. 1 goalie.
Lehtonen was much improved this postseason over the past, but still inconsistent. John Tavares JerseyHe followed an impressive series-extending victory in Game 6 against the Blues by allowing three goals in eight shots in the finale at home, and that doesn't even count another puck in the net that got overturned because of a delayed offside call prompted by a replay challenge.
''Right now is not the http://www.officialislandersstore.com/Womens_Youth_Johnny_Boychuk_Jerseytime to assess blame. You got to look at the whole picture,'' Ruff said. ''You got to take the fact you didn't score and you had some situations that you needed to score. ... Now is the time to look at more of a bigger picture.''
The Stars have four defensemen who can become unrestricted free agents this summer: Goligoski, trade-deadline addition Kris Russell, Jason Demers and Jordie Benn, the older brother of the Stars captain and top scorer.
Benn, the 26-year-old captain, and Seguin will again be the centerpieces of the Stars offense. Among the other forwards under contract are veterans Jason Spezza and Patrick Sharp, along with Ales Hemsky, Antoine Roussel and Cody Eakin, along with promising youngsters Radek Faksa and Mattias Janmark.
While the Stars had both goalies throughout the playoffs, they had only half of their young high-scoring duo.
Coach Lindy Ruff routinely switched between Kari Lehtonen Keith Tkachuk Jerseyand Antti Niemi during the regular season, when both goalies won 25 games. Things didn't work out as well in the postseason as the top-seeded Stars were ousted in the second round.
Three times in the seven-game series against the St. Louis Blues, Ruff made mid-game goalie changes. That included Game 7, when Lehtonen was replaced after one period in a 6-1 loss - like Niemi after http://www.officialjetsonlinestore.com/Womens_Youth_Laurie_Boschman_Jerseyhe started Game 3, another 6-1 loss.
''Obviously you don't like seeing that. It's bad on the whole team. It's not on the goalies,'' defenseman Alex Goligoski said. ''We have world-class goalies. It's not like they're letting in tons of bad goals. It's breakdowns, all kinds of things.''
Still, among the significant questions general manager Jim Nill and the Stars face this http://www.officialjetsonlinestore.com/Womens_Youth_Mark_Scheifele_Jersey" offseason is whether to stick with their two-goalie system. The combined contracts for the two Finnish goalies, both 32, have a salary cap hit of $10.4 million for the Stars - the most for any NHL team when it comes to goalies.
Former Stanley Cup winner Niemi was signed to a three-year deal as a free agent last summer. While the plan was to provide help for Lehtonen, there instead were often questions about who was the No. 1 goalie.
Lehtonen was much improved this postseason over the past, but still inconsistent. John Tavares JerseyHe followed an impressive series-extending victory in Game 6 against the Blues by allowing three goals in eight shots in the finale at home, and that doesn't even count another puck in the net that got overturned because of a delayed offside call prompted by a replay challenge.
''Right now is not the http://www.officialislandersstore.com/Womens_Youth_Johnny_Boychuk_Jerseytime to assess blame. You got to look at the whole picture,'' Ruff said. ''You got to take the fact you didn't score and you had some situations that you needed to score. ... Now is the time to look at more of a bigger picture.''
The Stars have four defensemen who can become unrestricted free agents this summer: Goligoski, trade-deadline addition Kris Russell, Jason Demers and Jordie Benn, the older brother of the Stars captain and top scorer.
Benn, the 26-year-old captain, and Seguin will again be the centerpieces of the Stars offense. Among the other forwards under contract are veterans Jason Spezza and Patrick Sharp, along with Ales Hemsky, Antoine Roussel and Cody Eakin, along with promising youngsters Radek Faksa and Mattias Janmark.
While the Stars had both goalies throughout the playoffs, they had only half of their young high-scoring duo.
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