{"id":2800,"date":"2016-10-26T16:23:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T20:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2016-10-26T16:23:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T20:23:05","slug":"boston-bruins-goalie-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2016\/10\/26\/boston-bruins-goalie-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins Facing Goalie Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goalie <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/subbama01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malcolm Subban<\/a><\/strong> was forced from the net Tuesday night after allowing three goals against the <strong>Minnesota Wild<\/strong>, further complicating the Boston Bruins&#8217; goalie issues. Injuries to\u00a0first and second goalies <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rasktu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuukka Rask<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/khudoan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anton Khudobin<\/a> <\/strong>have left the team with questions as to who will play for the team on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<h2>Boston Bruins Face Major Goalie Issues<\/h2>\n<p>The organization <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2016\/10\/25\/bruins-start-malcolm-subban-net-amidst-injuries\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called up Subban<\/a> from the<strong> AHL<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Providence Bruins<\/strong> on Monday, then had to recall <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcintza01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zane McIntyre<\/a><\/strong>, who had initially been sent back after backing up<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Khudobin in Boston&#8217;s 4-2 loss to the <strong>Montreal<\/strong> <strong>Canadiens<\/strong> on Saturday. Khudobin will miss 2 to 3 weeks with an apparent arm injury from team practice on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Subban made eight saves through the first period, keeping the game scoreless. Things went downhill, however, in the second, where he let in goals from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/coylech01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie Coyle<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stewach02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Stewart<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/suterry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Suter<\/a><\/strong> before being replaced by McIntyre.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zane McIntyre now in goal for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLBruins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NHLBruins<\/a>. This is his first NHL action.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBruins\/status\/791074142372016129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McIntyre, who made his NHL debut in this game, stopped 15 of 17 shots he faced. He allowed a tip-in from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zuckeja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jason Zucker<\/a><\/strong> in the second period and a questionable goal from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pominja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jason Pominville<\/a><\/strong> late in the third.<\/p>\n<p>Boston&#8217;s first-string goalie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rasktu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuukka Rask<\/a> is day-to-day with a lower body injury and has not practiced in almost a week. \u00a0While he is not out for the long haul, it is not anticipated that he will be available to play against the <strong>New York Rangers<\/strong> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h2>The Best Solution<\/h2>\n<p>So, what&#8217;s the best solution here? It&#8217;s really hard to tell. The three goals that Subban let in during the second period against the Wild were not all easily preventable- the first was an obvious screen by teammate <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcquaad01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam McQuaid<\/a><\/strong>, the second had no defensive support, and the third was due to a successful faceoff win for the Wild, who were on the power play. Given these circumstances, it is difficult to determine if Subban&#8217;s poor performance was due to a lack of skill or simply bad luck. It can\u00a0also be argued that he may have performed better behind more astute defensive play, which has been the case with the team in general for the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like the team has little choice but to start Subban again on Wednesday. The situation is not ideal, but given the players that Boston has on hand, the only other option would be to sign a free agent to an emergency contract, which may not be feasible in such a short time span. There also needs to be more responsibility on the part of the skaters &#8211; a goalie is only as good as the team in front of him. Boston&#8217;s defensemen need to step up and not make as many mistakes as they have recently, especially since they don&#8217;t have Rask to depend on in between the pipes. Things will be shaky until Rask and Khudobin are available again, so the entire team needs to be able to support the young, inexperienced goalies.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/618076872\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/618076872?et=uHbO1Ww8RvxffSCZd5Tcfw&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=UxAXBICHsQWCyyZ_2QnOabVBlWJPtN1MipW_sNBou4U=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goalie Malcolm Subban was forced from the net Tuesday night after allowing three goals against the Minnesota Wild, further complicating the Boston Bruins&#8217; goalie issues. Injuries to\u00a0first and second goalies Tuukka Rask and Anton Khudobin have left the team with questions as to who will play for the team on Wednesday night. 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