Another first time poster here. Been going to games since the 80s (as a small child), but my sweet spot early memory team was the 1992 runner-up team. I think I am one of the few with Friday and Saturday tickets now.
The Jurusik stats show what the problem with goaltending at the UW has been for about 10 years. Think back to the "old days" the system was spacing out goalies by 2 years. As a freshman, they saw about as much playing time as Bloomquist has this year- and they looked awful. Of course part of this was Howie breaking them out of their old system and into his system. As sophomores, they might see a few more games worth of playing time, but usually only 5-10 games. Elliott played in 6 games as a freshman and 9 games as a sophomore. I remember wondering almost every time a goalie graduated how good the next man up would be, but within a few games my mind would be at ease. Then Eaves broke the system because (1) he couldn't get along with Howie, (2) he didn't trust Scott Gundmanson and brought in Bennett as a junior transfer, and (3) Luke Opilka screwed it up even worse. You can see how this plays out with Jurusik too. If he had come in under the old system, he would have been the apprentice for 2 years and come in playing solid his Jr/Sr year.
The progress Lebedeff has shown is reassuring- he competes, his mental lapses have decreased (think the 3 goals in 2 minutes). I think when you put Lebedeff on a team that is actually playing for something his intensity will
Lebedeff may or may not end up the second coming of Brian Elliott, but I don't think that will matter. Score some goals to take off the pressure and so the defense doesn't constantly have to jump in on offense. Play better defense (I'm looking at the forwards allowing people to constantly fly in on the back door) and Lebedeff isn't hung out to dry. Suddenly we have the top goalie in the B1G.
