Also JW I don’t agree, Clemmensen really didn’t get a chance to play regularly because Brodeur has consistently played 70+ games per season from 1997-98 until last year when he got hurt. When you’re behind Brodeur you really don’t get a chance to consistently prove yourself and only playing about 5 to 11 games a season doesn’t help you develop. Also Andersen has played decently in Florida but he was also playing in a weak Southeast Division and Florida had a fairly solid defence while he played there (Boynton, Ballard, Bouwmeester). Back in Chicago Andersen’s numbers were similar to Clemmensen’s in terms of how poor they were.

As for Khabibulin, three of his last four seasons have been bad, and he averages 20 games per year on the injured list. It was never a defensible signing, despite the laundry list of people who tried this summer.

And misfit touches on an issue that Pat Quinn talked about in training camp. This club could not kill penalties last year. It was too small. It could not win faceoffs. Its forwards, for the most part, could not check worth a damn.

So he brings in …. Mike Comrie.

The guy is terrible. A lot of the mess is Lowe’s but Tambellini sat on his hands last summer. He bears some responsibility. I have no confidence in him at all.

http://www.mc79hockey.com/?p=2929
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
“So of the eight teams that I’ve identified, it’s reasonable to think that as few as four will actually be in the market for a starting goalie and, at the very least, that the ones I’ve identified might not be eager in really going hard for a starting goalie; they’ll pay one but they aren’t going to blow their brains out to get a specific guy because of their situations.

What’s really interesting about this market though is that there are a ton of guys available. Certainly, there are more guys available who’ve filled starting roles in the past than there are starting jobs ”

http://www.mc79hockey.com/?m=200906&paged=2
June 5th, 2009
“If Philadelphia goes ahead and signs Emery, by my count that leaves two teams without a clear starting goaltender: Edmonton and Colorado. Otherwise, it’s backup jobs available, unless some team is willing to eat a pile of money.

There are a ton of competent or better goalies available: Craig Anderson, Nikolai Khabibulin, Dwayne Roloson, Martin Biron, Manny Fernandez and Manny Legace probably top the list. You can probably toss Scott Clemmensen onto the list, although I don’t find him that interesting.”

http://www.coppernblue.com/2009/06/extreme-makeover-oilers-edition-part-ii.html
June 10th, 2009
“Secondly, Tambellini should not dole out multi-year deals unless he can get an exceptional price. Thirdly, Tambellini should not have to spend more than Roloson’s $3,500,000 salary in finding two goaltenders. Remember, the Ivey stare, Steve. Don’t blink, don’t change your expression.

In short, Tambellini should be able to spend less in goal than the Oilers have spent at any point since the lockout, and the Oilers should start the season with their strongest situation in net in this decade.”

Random bloggers had the goalie market figured out a long damn before free agency started. The general manager did the EXACT opposite of what he should have done.

Clemmensen – 2.39GAA, 0.917 S%, 40GMS 25-13-1-2
Anderson – 2.71GAA, 0.924 S%, 31GMS 15-7-5-3

Based upon the numbers and their respective performances than you could say that they both look ready for a more significant role but while Anderson is hot and carrying the Avalanche Clemmenson has a GAA of over 3.5 and a save percentage of about 88% and that’s terrible AHLer like numbers and he’s only been a backup this year.

I think that Oiler fans should just see what happens this spring and summer before you judge. If they come through and actually clear house and still screw it up, like getting the 1st overall pick and taking Fowler or Jack Campbell, then you can lynch him. But he inherited a pretty terrible club in terms of the salary cap compared to the talent level on this team.