Let’s begin this with an acknowledgement of the obvious: Brian Elliott has played in two full games in this hockey season, along with a relief effort in a third when Carter Hart was pulled from a game in Edmonton. That is not enough time to draw meaningful conclusions about any facet of a hockey team (not that we haven’t tried already this year), and it’s extremely not enough time to evaluate a goalie in any serious way.
With that, let’s also bring up something else obvious: Brian Elliott has played some damn good hockey in both of his starts so far this season.