There isn't a better goaltender in the game right now, ... Period. And from my perspective, there hasn't been for the past two years. He's just very, very comfortable with his game and now he's getting the help from our blue line to cut down on the traffic and to let him see the puck as often as possible.
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It's just unfortunate that you have the potential to lose one or our three goalies if you want to get them some minutes by sending them to the American League, ... So we are just going to continue to work through it and get better each night and let the goaltending situation resolve itself however it may. At this point in time, we're not being proactive in terms of trying to make any adjustments to our roster. We're enjoying watching it come together.
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Most of the big, physical defensemen in the league are capable of punishing an opponent along the wall, ... The good ones hit with balance and don't overextend themselves . . . . But of the many solid defensemen in the NHL that do that on a nightly basis, there's probably only 10 percent that actively look for open-ice hits because there's a lot more potential to get burned if you don't seize the right opportunity and, secondly, execute. Gauthier's one of those players.
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He's already showing an amazing attention to detail, ... I went out and spent two days with him when he was making his final decision, and by the end of the second day as a I was leaving he showed me a copy of our schedule, and he'd already penciled in all the practice times and team flight times for the entire year.
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