The three stars of backup goalies who have come on to save fantasy seasons this year are Peter Budaj, Mike Condon and Chad Johnson, all to varying degrees. They all have something else in common: they’ll all be backups again once the fantasy playoffs start.
Craig Anderson is back in Ottawa, taking Condon’s full time job away. Johnson has fallen on his face in Calgary. And Peter Budaj is about to give his job back to Jonathan Quick, as the Kings put backup Jeff Zatkoff on waivers on Wednesday while Quick took on pucks in practice.
If you relied on one of two or (in my case at varying points this year) all three of them, you’re in dire straits going into the fantasy playoffs, if you’ve found a way to make it with this makeshift goalie group.