BREAKING: Minnesota Wild make CONTROVERSIAL decision on starting goalie for playoffs
The Minnesota Wild finished third in the Central division this season, which won them the honours of facing the Dallas Stars in the first round.
Puck drop on game one of their series is set for 9:30pm tonight, and it's promised to be an interesting/exciting series to say the least.
It's already started off with a bit of controversy though. The Minnesota Wild elected to re-sign Marc-Andre Fleury last offseason, which upset Cam Talbot who requested a trade. The trade sent him to the Ottawa Senators in return for Filip Gustavsson.
Gustavsson and Fleury have shared the net this season, Fleury getting 46 starts and Gustavsson getting 39.
Even though they saw Fleury as the 'starter' Gustavsson's numbers were significantly better, which draws speculation as to why the Ottawa Senators would have even traded the 24 year old netminder, who just posted a 22-9-7 season, with a 2.10 GAA and .931 save percentage.
Now, it appears that the torch of starting goalie has been passed, as reported by Michael Russo, Gustavsson was the first off the ice from practice, which usually signifies he is the starting goalie for the evening:
Filip Gustavsson off the ice first for the #mnwild� Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) April 17, 2023
Fleury is two seasons away from a Vezina trophy as the leagues best goaltender, and is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, and has been to the finals 5 times. Is this a big mistake?
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