Listening to general manager Brad Treliving speak during his Garbage Bag Day press conference, he said all the right things about his team’s goaltenders. The Calgary Flames would not be where they are if not for the combined performances of Brian Elliott and Chad Johnson. On the one hand, they wouldn’t have made the playoffs. On the other hand, they probably wouldn’t have been knocked out in four games, either.
The Jekyll and Hyde performances from the Flames’ two prominent netminders this season only serve to complicate and confound the single biggest offseason decision that Treliving has on his plate: Just what the heck is he going to do about goaltending?