The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan focuses on Red Wings goaltender Ville Husso in his training camp notebook. Husso believes that he can learn from his injury-marred, 56-game campaign:
“I had a little injury going and I wanted to play, and tested it out,” Husso said. “I wish we would have won those games. But something for this year, playing 55 games or so is to be the plan, I need every night to give the team a chance to win.”
And the injury?
“I was 100% at the end of last year,” Husso said. “Been healthy the whole summer.”
Husso, 28, had never been counted on to be a No. 1 goaltender in the NHL. With Alex Nedeljkovic and Magnus Hellberg both struggling behind Husso, suddenly the frequency and way Husso was used was totally different.
Husso, and coach Derek Lalonde feel the goaltender is better prepared for the upcoming season, and a likely similar schedule.
“I think highly of Ville,” Lalonde said. “I talked about him being a No. 1 (goaltender), and we’re going to give him a No. 1 workload. In an ideal world, like 56 or 58 starts, but we’ll keep evaluating as the season goes on.”
