In an article available on TSN it seems that Guy Carbonneau is trying to do the right thing and give rookie goaltender Jaroslav Halak some confidence. If Carbonneau were to stop talking after the first part of each statement, he might have just done that. However, as you continue to read his statements, one becomes very unsure if he actually has any confidence in Halak.
Statement # 1
"He (Huet) will be on the bench, so he'll have a chance to go in the warm-up and feel the game close to the ice." - this is good and it sounds like he'll be staying with Halak, as the rookie goaltender has proven to be a solid netminder.
Too bad it was followed by
"After that, we don't have a plan. We'll go period by period, day by day" as in if Halak has one bad period, he'll be back on the bench. No pressure there.
Statement #2
"Right now, Jaroslav is playing really well. He has given us a chance to win every game and the reason we're here is because of him, so we're going to show him confidence." An excellent statement made by the Habs coach. He finally shows some confidence in Halak.
Unfortunately he then said
"But you never know what's going to happen." - Sounds like Carbonneau is thinking/expecting Halak to crumble at anytime.
A final comment in the article, about the Bruins goaltending that I thought was worth mention: "It doesn't matter to us who is in net. Even if Jesus is in net, we'll try to beat him." Hmm... If Jesus was indeed a goalie, I'm guessing he'd be pretty good.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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