nice that Canada can help the US auto industry

Well played

tried to start us off right

sometimes that’s all they got in Detroit.

HOW THE FUCK CAN THE ACOUSTICS BE AMAZING IN A FUCKING ABANDONED SUBWAY TUNNEL!?! THE ECHOS ALONE WOULD BE WORSE THAN JENNA JAMESON’S VAGINA!!!

Bunch of fucking vagina boobs if you ask me…. Im too tired

and it’s not nearly as bad as conflict America

let’s hope he brings redtribe with him too.

I wanted him to succeed. He has more NHL experience and would have been our better option HAD HE NOT UTTERLY COLLAPSED.

But he has UTTERLY COLLAPSED. How can you argue otherwise? That’s just insanity. Maybe it’s a lack of confidence in the team playing in front of him — I’ll let you argue that if it makes you happy, because at the end of the day it makes no difference. Lack of confidence in his teammates is the same as lack of confidence in himself. A goalie MUST be confident that he can stop whatever comes his way — and immediately forget every one of the pucks he doesn’t stop. Huet has lost that edge.

So it’s Niemi. And I for goddamn sure don’t believe Nemo is the second coming of Patrick Roy, or Glenn Hall or even fucking Murray Bannerman. But he’s what we have and right now he’s got the edge on Huet BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY BELIEVES HE CAN MAKE SAVES.

And finally, I don’t post on this site to prove I’m smarter than anyone, or take any satisfaction if somebody "proves’ me wrong. All I care about is talking and watching good hockey from my favorite team. Any “glory” I get will come from calling my friends in Detroit and doing a happy dance when the Hawks finally drink from the Cup.

And if they were then you are 100% right, they aren’t Blackhawks fans. Of course everyone wants Huet to do good, when Huet performs well, it usually results in a Hawks win. You mentioned the “straw that broke the camels back” well this game tonight was just that for a lot of people who just flat out do not think Huet is that great of a goaltender, myself included.

Sure, he has shown hot streaks, and I really hope one of those hot streaks occurs during the playoffs. But to be named the starting goaltender for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, I think you need a lot of confidence, which is obviously lacking in Huet right now. Starting Huet last night was a mistake, you had Niemi coming off a shut out, and I think letting him take that momentum and try to run with it would have been a much smarter move then throwing in Huet who hadn’t played in 5 games. Bad move by Q, but whatever, it’s just one game.

I guess that was mostly rambling but hopefully some of it made a little sense. It’s a tough subject to get into because every time someone tries to make a logical statement either in favor of Niemi or against Huet they get lumped into this “Huet Bashers” category which is really unfair. Sure, there are people who say stuff against him who probably don’t know what they are talking about, just like there are people who say stuff in favor of him who don’t know what they are talking about.

Lets all just agree to disagree, put our full support behind both our starting and backup goaltenders, and move on to something we can all agree upon: The Chicago Blackhawks.

Or Lack Thereof
By no Means am I a Huet Hater, or Niemi “fan” as you said well above.

 But to say the team doesn’t have some doubt in Huet and then 33 seconds in he lets “that goal” in. That certainly won’t help the mindset of “Oh Fuck, here we go again”

As I recall, it is a bitch removing Norton. They don’t want you to leave their cult.

You’re on your own.

I’m fucking pissed. I spent all day blowing off work screwing around with all of you. It was mostly hilarious until the Hawks forgot that the Blue Jackets were an NHL team. As a matter of fact, it’s still hilarious.

I’m still fucking pissed.

I’ll give you the goalie one, but last night Q fucked up. Get Huet out.
PK is good, it better be because Eager keeps getting ice time.
League leaders in scoring? Not when they lose.
Phoenix is NOT limping, Detroit is not limping. WSH, BUF, MTL, Nashville also not limping.

Let’s GO!

but I would subtly dissuade him from anything involving a soccer ball. Just not my sport.

While out at dinner, the restaurant had a TV on with the game so I saw some of the 1st period. He saw the TV and stood up on his chair and yelled out “The Blackhawks are on.” Followed by “Who’s got two thumbs and loves the Hawks? This guy!” The kid f’ing kills me. (I taught him the whole “this guy” thing a few weeks ago, but he’s improvised on it.

I’m interested in hearing what Justin (the Goalie Guild guy) has to say about Huet now. But I think he already hit the nail on the head when he said that it wasn’t a talent or ability thing but rather a mental one, and I think that aspect was really exposed today.

Say what you will about how he was handled, or whether he can step up or what else… but despite what you think, not every good/decent player at a pressure position (QB, closer, goalie) can keep ice running through his veins or is even necessarily going to be predisposed to it.

I feel for the guy, I really do.

That said I don’t think too many people will disagree with you on the #1 thing, though you could make the argument that we could give him one more shot (one loss is one loss — I honestly don’t count it worse based on magnitude) since Niemi seems to shake off rust (from not playing every day) pretty well.

Huet – 21 GP – 2.09 GAA – .905 SV%
Niemi – 12 GP – 1.92 GAA – .924 SV%