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Goalie Issues In SoCal

04/24/2014 at 5:20pm EDT

from Allan Muir of Sports Illustrated,

Kings fans are lamenting the Ben Scrivens trade and pondering the potential of young Martin Jones.

It’s understandable, given the time of year. Every goal is over-analyzed, every loss magnified. And there’s been enough of both to call Quick’s play into question.

Outside of the first periods in Games 2 and 3, Quick has not been sharp. His positioning has been overly aggressive. His glove hand hasn’t been fast enough. His focus has been broken more than once by San Jose’s crease-crashing forwards.

Struggling? Sure. But you gotta dance with the one what brung ya....

You can read what you want into the coach’s decision to yank Andersen after Cody Eakin’s dagger — that felt like a move geared more toward waking up his team than stopping the bleeding — but Anaheim’s stopper wasn’t good enough last night. And when you’ve got options at hand like Boudreau does, they have to be weighed with the series at a tipping point.

If he truly believes that Andersen is suffering a crisis of confidence, then there’s no way Boudreau can come back with him in Game 5.

But is Hiller really an upgrade? Remember, this is a guy who Boudreau didn’t trust to start the series because he limped into the postseason with a 6-9-3 mark in his final 18 appearances....

more on both the Kings and Ducks...

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