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Jan 11, 2010 8:00 PM
Mathieu Garon has recently replaced Steve Mason as the Columbus Blue Jackets starting Goaltender. What does this mean for Mason's future? Is he still the franchise goaltender of the future?
Jan 11, 2010 8:00pm
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Jan 11, 2010 8:18 PM
Yes. Sophomore slump. You have to go with the hot goalie in the NHL. It would be insane to give up on mason now. What he did last season cannot possibly be a fluke. Putting up that many shutouts was insane, and he will be back to it soon enough.

That being said, it is nice to have a fallback, and Howson deserves uber credit for picking Garon up in the offseason.
Jan 11, 2010 8:18pm
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Jan 11, 2010 8:36 PM
I was thinking that maybe the rest of the league has figured out Mason, and now knows how to play with him in the goal. I agree, Garon has been an excellent pick up.
Jan 11, 2010 8:36pm
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Jan 11, 2010 8:59 PM
Garon, easily. During the 07-08 season in Edmonton he helped the Oilers go 10-0 on shootouts, stopping 30/32 attempts.
Jan 11, 2010 8:59pm
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Jan 11, 2010 11:11 PM
Gotta ride Garon while he is warm. Sucks for Mase but he needs to sit back and see some tendencies of players and learn from that. He was bad high glove last year but it seems he is bad everywhere now. He will rebound and he remains the future of the CBJ imo.
Jan 11, 2010 11:11pm
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Jan 12, 2010 10:46 AM
I hope he is the future because we all saw what he can do when he is hot, but right now he's not looking very good. Right now we have to play the goalie that gives us the best chance to win and that's Garon. However, I hope Mason figures it out soon, because when he plays to his potential, he has proven to be one of the best goaltenders in the NHL.
Jan 12, 2010 10:46am
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Jan 12, 2010 2:39 PM
Mason played well in front of a great defensive system last year, and this year that system has folded in front of him, and he can't control rebounds. He's going through the sophmore slump, next year might be different.
Jan 12, 2010 2:39pm
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Jan 12, 2010 5:47 PM
Why has the defense folded so much. It just doesn't make sense, since we didn't lose any playmakers.
Jan 12, 2010 5:47pm
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Jan 12, 2010 7:45 PM
^^^^^^Lazyiness most likely.
Jan 12, 2010 7:45pm
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Jan 12, 2010 8:06 PM
pkebker wrote: Why has the defense folded so much. It just doesn't make sense, since we didn't lose any playmakers.
I think part of it has been subconscious. The feeling with Mason last year as a team was "We've got to really stick to it to help out our rookie goalie". This year, up through about 10 games ago, the team as a whole has been playing a much more high-risk game.

The quality of shots that both goalies were facing from about games 1-38 was extraordinarily high, particularly when compared to last year. And the other big problem was no one playing the slot and helping reduce huge rebounds to minimal offensive threats.
Jan 12, 2010 8:06pm
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Jan 12, 2010 8:34 PM
So most of you would argue that the real problem with this team is poor defensive play and not the goaltending?
Jan 12, 2010 8:34pm
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Jan 12, 2010 9:37 PM
It's both.
Jan 12, 2010 9:37pm
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Jan 12, 2010 11:12 PM
Mason looked better tonight...
Jan 12, 2010 11:12pm
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Jan 13, 2010 3:21 AM
Decided not to watch the game tonight, considering it's been nearly 3 years since the CBJ won at the Scottrade Center.
Jan 13, 2010 3:21am
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Jan 13, 2010 4:03 AM
Columbus remains a team with at best a 2nd pairing defenseman as their top D. I said this would bite them before the season started. Their defense played above their level quite a bit last year due to confidence after Mason's strong start, but it was unrealistic to expect it would be sustained. If Howson had any significant mistakes in the offseason, it was not pursuing a big, solid, 1st-pairing shutdown D. Several were available.
Jan 13, 2010 4:03am
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Jan 13, 2010 7:11 AM
pkebker wrote: So most of you would argue that the real problem with this team is poor defensive play and not the goaltending?
Along with the fact that they can rarely put up more than 2 goals a game.
Jan 13, 2010 7:11am
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Jan 13, 2010 10:56 AM
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pkebker wrote: So most of you would argue that the real problem with this team is poor defensive play and not the goaltending?
Along with the fact that they can rarely put up more than 2 goals a game.
So we pretty much need improvement at every position.
Jan 13, 2010 10:56am
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Jan 13, 2010 11:05 AM
Not necessarily. I'm thinking more of a coaching philosophy (coach) change from a defensive philosophy to a more run and gun style. The first 10 games or so, we were running that sort of offense and looked great. We were what, 6-2?
Jan 13, 2010 11:05am
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Jan 13, 2010 12:29 PM
So why did they stop running that style after such a great start?
Jan 13, 2010 12:29pm
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Jan 13, 2010 12:38 PM
Because it's not Hitchcock hockey.
Jan 13, 2010 12:38pm
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Jan 13, 2010 2:18 PM
^^^^^^True. This team does need a big #1 pairing defenseman. Here are some upcoming UFA's at the end of the season:

Nick Boynton (ANH)
Pavel Kubina (ATL)
Derek Morris (BOS)
Andrew Ference (BOS)
Dennis Seidenberg (FLR)
Dan Hamhuis (NSH)
Anton Volchenkov (OTT)
Garnet Exelby (TOR)
Jan 13, 2010 2:18pm
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Jan 13, 2010 2:34 PM
Does CBJ have much money to spend in FA this offseason?
Jan 13, 2010 2:34pm
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Jan 13, 2010 2:39 PM
go to capgeek.com and look.
Jan 13, 2010 2:39pm
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Jan 13, 2010 7:12 PM
That's kind of hard to understand. I use http://nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?team=CLB&season=0910

They have a lot of cap room, but they have an internal cap.
Jan 13, 2010 7:12pm
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Jan 13, 2010 8:44 PM
^^^^^^True. Since they're not in a big "market" they can't afford to spend all the way to the cap. Teams like Pittsburgh, Calgary, Chicago, Detroit, etc. can because of their market.
Jan 13, 2010 8:44pm