from Stan Fischler at The Hockey News,

You've never seen anything like it and I haven't either.

One after another, goalies are down with injury. Some for a game or two; some for a month. And there's the truly sad case of Ben Bishop; gone forever. Done.

Remarkably, in his farewell to the NHL, the very competent goaltender pinpointed his nemesis – the Butterfly.

"If I was a forward," Bishop lamented, "I'd still be playing now. But with the Butterfly, the torque you put on your knee." Then, a pause: "It didn't get better."

In plain English, the Butterfly is an unmitigated disaster because it inherently forces goalies into contortions that damage the groin area not to mention – as Bishop notes – the knees.

George Grimm, who has written an entire book about Rangers netminders – "Guardians Of The Crease" – has studied Igor Sheterkin's style since the Russian's Broadway debut, and pinpoints his concern.

"Igor suffered a leg injury that may not get better doing the Butterfly," warns Grimm. "My advice to (Rangers coach) Gerard Gallant would be to spell Shesterkin down the stretch so he's not burned out of the playoffs."

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