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“I would say it’s probably a close race between myself, LJ Scarpace, and Jeff Salajko, who is the worst goalie of the three,” Blashill said. “Jeff Salajko claims he’s got health reasons why he can’t put the pads on ever, yet he works out every day like crazy. I think an excuse, personally. So I think it would be kind of a battle between the three of us. If I don’t like the way the game is going, maybe I don’t want to be on the bench anymore, maybe I’d put the pads on and go from there.”
How Detroit Red Wings would deal with a goaltending crisis
Dealing with injuries is part of life in the NHL, but there is one position that makes coping way more difficult than others.
Over the weekend, news emerged that the Ottawa Senators had forward Artem Anisimov dress in goaltending gear after losing scheduled starter Anton Forsberg to injury during pregame warmups and losing scheduled backup Matt Murray less than five minutes into the second period. That would be the equivalent of the Wings losing Jonathan Bernier and Thomas Greiss.
Losing two NHL-tested goaltenders is somewhat alleviated this season by taxi squads, but only to a degree. For example, the Senators has Marcus Hogberg on the taxi squad, but after that, Anisimov was next on the depth chart.
Red Wings get no satisfaction from close loss to Lightning
Updated Apr 03, 2021;
Posted Apr 03, 2021
Detroit Red Wings left wing Adam Erne (73) scores against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O Meara)
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The Detroit Red Wings can take several positives away from Saturday’s game at Tampa Bay.
They battled hard after falling behind by two goals early, preventing the situation from snowballing like is has several times this season. Adam Erne continues to be an unexpected source of offense. Thomas Greiss kept the high-powered Lightning off the scoreboard for the final 50 minutes in putting together back-to-back solid outings during his most difficult season.
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"I think said he it to our goalie coach (Jeff Salajko), he’s been in those games before and he’ll.