"You win. You're in"

Sound familiar? Of course it does. This is what Coach Randy Carlyle and staff have said about Anaheim's goalie situation. One goaltender is in if he wins the game most of the time, if he loses he's not going to play the next.

Giguere.
Hiller.

Does putting in one goalie and then not starting him the next game work? A goalie relies off of rhythm. Hiller has starting more games than Giguere, especially when Giguere was injured. Hiller starting and finished every game. Justin Pogge was called up from the Bakersfield Condors.

Giguere has another year on his no trade clause (NTC) after this season. Hiller at the end of the season becomes a free agent. Both of them want the No. 1 spot but the situation is just pushing it. The goalie situation is burnign a hole in itself. Here's one way that it's burning a hole. Giguere and Hiller don't have a consistent team in front of them the talent is there but this team just isn't showing it. Another hole burning is neither of them have had a consistent start by those means, I mean they are constantly being switched up. "You win.You're in" system doesn't really work, it was something that was good to experiment with but it's not something what should be kept, start Giguere 3-4 games and then do the same exact thing with Hiller. This really shows who is who. Give the goalie time. Give this team time.

The goalie situation most likley isn't going to get any better, if Giguere or Hiller aren't started on a consistent basis. This makes a goalie unfocused, unenthusiastic, and a team losing, struggling in front of him. A team which is uninspired such as the Ducks; the question is still in the air: Does this help Giguere or Hiller with their confidence? Or does it help bring it down? It probably does help bring it down, if you've noticed both goaltenders are frustrated. With the comments Giguere has made to the media and with Hiller each puck that gets past him, he gets more and more frustrated. His body language shows frustration and so does his facial expressions.

We cannot stand to name a No 1 goalie if we don't give them consistent starts. A goalie needs to get into a situation, this really needs to help for both of our goaltenders. Both Hiller and Giguere came out strong in the beginning of the season, they did in the off-season, and they did in training camp. Also, in order for a goalie to win, the team in front of him must play consistently. Here's this, the season is still young and the Ducks have only played 19 games and obviously are on a current losing streak.

On the road trip, both goaltenders have had an equal amount of starts, they have had two games each and those games both goaltenders have gotten the "L" they're name has been put under the term: "Losing Goaltender" in the recaps of games.

We must change this, this team must step up, the goalies must step up. Both the team and Giguere and Hiller can do better. We need to win we need to take this one step at a time and we need to take in the right direction. Everyone does.

Come on, Ducks. We can do this.

Play for the name on the front not the name on the back. Lets go by Herb Brooks.