from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
"I think that if you asked Mase or Neuvy right now if they've played at the top of their games, they'd say no," Flyers GM Ron Hextall, himself one of the franchise's iconic netminders, told ESPN.com before Friday's game in Toronto. "We have full confidence that both of them will get to the top of their games and give us real good goaltending. Quite honestly, the last thing I was worried about going into this season was our goaltending. And, as I sit here today, I feel the same way. I feel very strongly about both guys.''
Mason, who has been a steady presence in the Flyers' net since coming over from the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2012-13, sports a .880 save percentage after posting a .918 last season. He smiled and shrugged on Friday when I brought up the "What's wrong with the Flyers goaltending'' narrative.
"When people see the start of the year -- and it hasn't been great, I'll be the first one to admit that -- they hit the panic button. You just have to laugh it off," Mason said. "People are always going to have negative things to say about you. [Given] the amount of work that I put into getting comfortable with my game again and getting back to where I have confidence in it, I'm not going to let a handful of games sidetrack that at all.
"You just focus on being better. It's pretty simple. It hasn't been good enough. You put the work in and try to build off solid performances.''
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