Mishandling?

Not being able to figure this out is somewhat irritating. There was the mentioning of Randy Carlyle cutting back on the "If you. You're in" but he seems to being swaying back to that ever so slowly. Hiller played in the game against the Avalanche, then less than 24 hours later he played against the Phoenix Coyotes. The Ducks beat the Avalanche in a stellar game and a excellent performance by Hiller. At that time, it looked like Hiller was back on the ball not to say he still isn't. The Coyotes had scored 3 goals against Hiller and he seemed off of his game he was also tired. There was eight minutes remaining in the game against the Coyotes, and then there was a commercial break. Nothing out of the ordinary a commercial break is pretty normal. Something that had Ducks fans wheeling was the camera focusing on the Ducks bench, which showed Giguere throwing his legs over the boards with Hiller over by the bench and conversing with his teammate. Hiller had been pulled and Jiggy had played the remaining eight minutes.

The Ducks had already been down and former Ducks goalie, Illya Bryzgalov was on a pretty easy road to a shutout but with Bryzgalov, who wasn't really challenged made key saves when needed. Anaheim was in Phoenix when Bryzgalov had his fifth shutout of the season. The Coyotes fans were in for a real treat, a divisional rivalry has brewed between the Ducks and Coyotes, despite the Ducks not seeing them in playoffs much like the rivalry with the Kings/Ducks though the rivalry with the Kings is much more intense. As for the treat, long time player and the captain was playing in his 1,000 NHL game. Doan was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets and made the move with the team to the desert.

The baffling question impeding is how exactly is Carlyle handling this goalie situation? So far, as it seems he's not handling it very well. In the past and to this present moment; Carlyle seems very uneducated in the goalie department. Columbus Blues Ken Hitchcock has also adopted the "If you win. You're in" and basically told Mason, he isn't very good Hitchcock also had Garon in his office, along with Mason. Telling someone who is still raw in the mental department of the position isn't the best idea. The statement about Hitchcock just goes to show, Carlyle isn't the only coach not very educated about goalies.

The Ducks need a goalie and stick with him for awhile not bring up the fact that hey, J.S. or Jonas, you lost I just wanted to shove that in your face and you're going to sit on that bench next game, okay?
The Ducks lost to the Sharks Nov 26, 2009 and the Ducks are now 0-4 against the very heated rival.An intense rivalry, like a pot of water boiling over, as the stove hisses from the liquid hitting it as it streams down the cooking instrument.

Carlyle cannot handle goalies; he handles them too awkwardly, he seems to not give them enough room to flourish. It could be said, especially a goaltender like Giguere is very seasoned and one like Hiller should be pretty season as well especially considering his 2008-2009 accomplishments. In reality, it doesn't necessarily matter how long a goalie has played in the NHL to an extent, yes it does matter on how long agoalie has played, but to the rest of the extent no it doesn't. A major aspect is how a coach handles the situation, while with the older goalies it's "easier" because their emotions are as raw as a young goalie's (such as Mason) this still affects them. A older goalie will definitely want his No 1 spot and to secure it. If the situation is mishandled with a younger goalie pushing him, it can really rattle him. Pushing fans and media believing the goalie is arrogant and ignorant. As remembered the comment in which Giguere made had fans and media fumbling over one another like the crowds on Black Friday trying to get the hottest toy, of the year. Remember that quote? "I'd rather retire than be a back up goalie." a quote which Giguere came out and stated he was being quiet sarcastic about. The biggest influence to the controversy was the fact that he was coming off a injury when he made the statement to The (Los Angeles) Daily.

Giguere is an obvious goaltender who opposes the "Win youre in" mantra and Hiller, he seems not to be too rattled about it at least he hasn't made it publicly obvious, nor was it in some of his statements to the media. Giguere on the other hand as made it obvious he doesn't like the way Carlyle is handling him and Hiller.

Carlyle has made some very faulty choices in goaltending, the pulling of Hiller against Phoenix with just 8 minutes left, playing Hiller in back to back games, when his record clearly shows back to back games is a weak area for him. Giguere should of been in against Colorado with Hiller being in against Phoenix; he has an excellent career record against the Coyotes. Putting him in back to back games, playing him less than 24 hours apart is going to stifle his past history. Which clearly showed in those games. Hiller should of played aginst the Sharks tonight, considering his history. GIguere has 5 goals marked against him on the score sheet, but all those goals weren't his fault.