Hannu the Starting Goalie

I didn't see the game in Calgary. But I didn't need to. Every description I've read indicated that Hannu played his ass off. (I am now refusing to use the term 'standing on his head') Every game I've seen him play in he has played great. When I first heard Carl Soderberg was traded to Boston for some goaltender, I was quite upset. First, Soderberg was the one young player I noticed in the 2006 pre-season training camp. He impressed me. And, at the time, the Blues had too many goaltenders. Now Hannu has played great, Bacashihua has been traded, Riksman is in Europe somewhere, Schwarz has slipped, and Beckford-Tseu was supposed to play in Alaska this year. (Soderberg, meanwhile, has recovered from his eye injury and Boston expects him to make the team next year. Boston and St. Louis have made two minor trades that both teams are benefiting from.) Since the glory days of Roman Turek and Brent Johnson, I have expected gross inconsistency from the St. Louis Blues' goalies. With Legacy and Toivonen, might that expectation go unrealized?


N.B. Hinote is signed for two years at $1 million a year. Unfortunately, he isn't going anywhere.