Posts About "Eddie Lack"
Hurricanes Respond to the Woodshed
February 15th, 2018 The Carolina Hurricanes seem to need the woodshed. At least that's what it looked like given their recent play. After the team exhibited a brutal lack of effort in both their home games against the Detroit Red Wings and San Jose Sharks, head coach Bill Peters took the team to the verbal woodshed. Since then, they lost 2-1 in overtime...
Eddie Lacks Luck in 1st Devils Start
February 12th, 2018 It wasn’t the outcome he wanted, nor felt he deserved, but what Eddie Lack’s first start with the New Jersey Devils finished as a hard-luck 5-3 loss to the Boston Bruins that involved a controversial goal. It also involved some sloppy special teams’ play from the Devils that ultimately led to their demise, but overall - the game...
Hurricanes' Scott Darling Needs Reset
January 25th, 2018 Carolina Hurricanes' goaltender Scott Darling needs a reset. More than a mulligan or a do-over, Darling needs a complete reset of his opportunity to be the starting goalie in the NHL. Like a golfer with the "yips," Darling has lost the fundamentals. He's needs a chance to get them back. Darling has not played well this season....
Bruins Loving Hurricanes' Khudobin Blunder
January 21st, 2018 Anton Khudobin is having a good season, much to the delight of the Boston Bruins. They are loving the blunder made by the Carolina Hurricanes in trading him three years ago. He was a good goaltender then, and he has developed into an even better goaltender now. The Details of Kicking Out Khudobin During the late days of June 2015,...
Have the Flames Fixed Their Crease Carousel?
December 22nd, 2017 Since the franchise began in Atlanta in the 1972-73 season, the Calgary Flames have only had stable goaltending for two distinct periods. The first was during the tenure of Mike Vernon throughout the 1980s and very early '90s, the second was during the decade that Miikka Kiprusoff tended the twine. Since Kiprusoff retired at the...
The Rise and Fall of Eddie Lack
November 29th, 2017 Ever since Miikka Kiprusoff hung up his pads, the Calgary Flames have struggled to find goaltending consistency. While Mike Smith has emerged as the dependable starting goalie the team has desperately needed, backup goaltender Eddie Lack has struggled mightily. The Flames put Lack on waivers and sent him to the American Hockey League's...
