Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff notes that Red Wings goaltender Cam Talbot is buying into the Wings’ three-goalie system:
Unless there’s an October surprise coming with the Red Wings roster over the next few days, the team is once again planning to carry three netminders during the regular season. Last year, it was [James] Reimer who was working in the rotation along with Alex Lyon and Ville Husso. This season, Talbot is the third wheel in the group with Lyon and Husso. And it’s a career first for the 12-season NHL puckstopper.
“This is the first time for me, but they did it last year and it worked for them,” Talbot said. “You never know if, when you’re gonna need the other two guys.
“If someone gets hurt, you gotta rely on the other two for a while. So it creates that internal competition for the starts when everyone’s healthy. But the biggest thing for us is we wanna go out there. We wanna be ready to play when it’s our turn. And we want the team to have confidence with whoever’s in net.
“So, that’s on me, Al and Huss to be ready and to give this team a chance to win no matter who’s in net.”
Continued; it may take the first 10-15 games for the goaltending situation to get sorted out, one way or another.
