re wings news and playoff thoughts in article apr mtu edu kcsmith mtu edu smith writes i don t think he s shown that he s good enough to carry detroit to the cup the team may be good enough to reach the finals but cheveldae is their achilles heel you must have goaltending in the playoffs and cheveldae looks like an overmatched nd or rd stringer which he probably i guess i don t know of too many nd or rd string goalies that could post over wins in a season chevy has done that the past two seasons playing behind a defense that is not exactly the best in the league his wins this year were not all against toronto and for those who look at vincent rien stats and think he should be starting take a look at the teams he played against teams like san jose ottawa and tb any nhl goalie could post a decent record playing teams like that night in and night out is look for detroit management to remedy the situation in the offseason i really don t see this happening if they didn t think cheveldae could do the job they would of traded for somebody this year after all why wait until next year when there were goalies available this year hey i may be wrong but after watching him kick rebound after rebound into the high slot i don t think he can carry them in the tough games i e those not against toronto better to kick out rebounds than to let goals in if st louis gets past chicago watch for joseph to carry the blues past an otherwise vastly superior red wings club joseph is hot but so are the wings they have scored six goals in both of their games so far with toronto supposively one of the leagues best defenses i guess if they end up playing for the norris title we ll see what happens dr d the devils advocate drinkin women guns don t mix v p nk ubvms cc buffalo edu awkorbut acsu buffalo edu mark arm kcs wings in or hopefully by as far as cheveldae is concerned he is a decent goalie the most logical trade in the offseason to me would be between detroit and ny rangers i m sure if beezer would be traded he would enjoy the opportunity to go back to his roots in detroit he would be a valuable asset to the wings and perhaps the rangers could get a zombo in return beezer got a few good years in him and the opportunity to get a fresh start would energize his play
