Steve Mason's Healthy, Now What?
by Andy Newman on Nov 29, 2011 1:47 PM EST
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PrintOn Saturday, Matt looked at all the possible scenarios for Steve Mason as he returns from concussion-like symptoms. But with Curtis Sanford clearly providing a certain level of stability in net and helping the Blue Jackets gain some respectability this season, does Scott Arniel really want to play with fire and go back to Mason in net?
Whether the team has more confidence in Sanford, or Mason is really just that bad, the Jackets have looked more like a real NHL team over the last couple weeks.
What's more troubling is we've seen this story before in Columbus. Remember Pascal Leclaire? What does this team do so wrong with its goalies? Steve Mason won the Calder Trophy as the league's best rookie, not long after Leclaire signed his "franchise goalie contract." Meanwhile, the former Calder Trophy winner is barely good enough for the NHL if his stats are any indication.
So, what happens now? Do you give Mason the rest of a season that is all but over anyway? Do you make a move and try to find next year's goalie now so he has time to build some chemistry?
Whatever the option is, I just don't see how Mason can get any considerable amount of playing time if Arniel and Scott Howson want to keep their jobs. But they also can't keep counting on a lucky hot streak from a goalie that was expected to be, at best, an AHL starter.
What would you do with Steve Mason?
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Trade him
Trade him to another team. Get something in return. He has exhausted his welcome with the fans, and perhaps the locker room. It would give him a chance to get his shit together somewhere else, and give us some value in return.
You ride on the Sanford wave for now and see where it takes you. Mason will obviously have to be thrown a start or two in here to give Sanford some rest, but If we’re lucky it will take us until dex gets back in which you give dex a couple starts while Sanford gets some rest. If either one of dex or Sanford are playing well enough, you give mason the two weeks in springy to give him a jolt and see how he does. After 14 days, you have to bring mason back up so we would either have to ride the three goalie wave with playing time having to do with who is playing the best. I would assume by this point Sanford is probably not still playing amazing and you are right back with mason and dex with Sanford in Springfield.
Hopefully either mason or dex will be able to bring solid goaltending by this time.
That would be my plan
Sorry about the horrible formatting and spelling, Hard to do on the phone app
by cbjfan14 on Nov 29, 2011 2:07 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
The team has yet to give an injury update on him. I’d expect it to be closer to January at this point.
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