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Video- Devan Dubnyk With The Bad Goal Of The Night

by Paul on 03/08/13 at 10:36 PM ET
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David Legwand scores from center ice.

 

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Is Devan Dubnyk A #1 Goalie?

by Paul on 02/02/13 at 09:09 AM ET
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from Jonathan Willis of The Cult of Hockey at the Edmonton Journal,

The Edmonton Oilers’ only realistic internal choice in net right now is Devan Dubnyk.

Backup Nikolai Khabibulin is playing out the string off a brilliant career that should have ended before he joined the team; he’s old, often injured, not very good when healthy and above all not a credible alternative to Dubnyk. The organization has been reluctant to use third-stringer Yann Danis, a minor-league journeyman with impressive credentials but who is suffering through a hard season. Beyond those two, it’s hard to find a competent AHL starter, let alone an NHL option.

But how does Dubnyk compare to other goaltenders, outside the Oilers organization? Because there are still plenty of questions around Dubnyk – he has never been a full-season starter in the NHL – a comparison to other goalies from recent seasons should offer some guidance as to what to expect from the player.

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Edmonton’s Goal Problems

by Alanah McGinley on 08/17/11 at 05:32 PM ET
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From Bruce McCurdy at the Cult of Hockey in the Edmonton Journal:

The Edmonton Oilers have been a struggling team for a long time now. They haven’t been great since Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson and Grant Fuhr completed the exodus of Hall of Famers way back in the fall of 1991, twenty long years ago. Since then they have ranged from lousy to mediocre and back to lousy again, and the last two years have hit new lows in finishing 30th and dead last in the NHL in back-to-back seasons.

Lots of problems to go around, but for sure one root cause has been lousy-to-mediocre goaltending, especially in those last two seasons. Nikolai Khabibulin has ranged from lousy to Medicare, his primary replacement Jeff Deslauriers had his moments but left a lot to be desired, and promising youngster Devan Dubnyk has been handled with kid gloves as he finds his way behind a crummy team in the toughest league at all.

read on for a detailed look

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Video- Dubnyk With The Save Of The Night

by Paul on 03/27/11 at 12:56 AM ET
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Olli Jokinen can’t believe the save by Devan Dubnyk.

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