"It's funny that we're in this situation with the 31-year-old netminder depsite Berube saying, "I don't believe that's serious. I think he'll be fine," immediately following the injury on November 11th. Obviosuly things change and injuries can worsen but it's very annoying that something that looked day-to-day has turned into a month-to-month ordeal. The Stolarz news might be a reflection of the positive news out of Toronto today, as the Leafs reactivated Joseph Woll from the injury reserve,"
"Tandem goalies can work very effectively in today's NHL but they only work when both are healthy and unfortuantely for Stolarz and Woll, neither have played a consistent season without a signficiant injury. I could understand the commitment to Woll at the time because he was only 25-years-old when they signed him, but commiting to a 31-year-old netminder with less than 150 career NHL starts is a bold move, especially for four years."
Anthony Stolarz is seeing a specialist for an upper-body injury sustained over a month ago after failing to make expected progress. Head coach Craig Berube acknowledged that Stolarz is not improving as anticipated, shifting what initially appeared to be a day-to-day issue into a month-to-month problem. Joseph Woll was reactivated from injured reserve, leaving Toronto with two injury-prone goaltenders under contract. General manager Brad Treliving faces questions about committing four additional years to a 31-year-old with fewer than 150 career NHL starts. Stolarz posted a 2.08 GAA and .925 SV% in 61 starts, but durability concerns persist.
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