Choosing which goalie starts a game can sometimes be the most challenging item on a coach’s To-Do list. There are many questions involved in picking a starting netminder, and hindsight can often make it easy to pick apart a coach’s decision. The question of who to start gets even harder when it seems like a team has two talented goalies that should be able to handle playing a night of hockey.
The Tampa Bay Lightning expressed confidence when they traded for goalie Louis Domingue in November that they had found a solid #3 for their organization.