Roloson "getting ready for tomorrow" and Game 5

by John Fontana on May 22, 2011 5:51 PM EDT in Lightning Team News

Two sound relief appearances by Mike Smith are not enough to unseat Lightning goaltender Dwayne Roloson from being dubbed the starter for Monday's Eastern Conference Final contest between the Bolts and the Boston Bruins.

Head Coach Guy Boucher remarked today after the teams arrival in Boston. He was asked about the team's situation in net:

I don't feel like we've got a situation. We've got a goaltender that has taken us here. He's played really well, and he's getting prepared for tomorrow. We've got a goaltender that came in relief and he's done really well. So every time we ask him to come in, he's played well, and we've got a goaltender that has taken us here that knows how to win and knows how to bounce back. So don't feel there's a situation there.

So... Roloson, coach?

Roloson is getting ready for tomorrow.

But... Just to be observant here, this was not utter confirmation on the starter. Dwayne Roloson is getting ready for tomorrow. So is Mike Smith, and Ryan Malone, and Dana Tyrell, and Vincent Lecavalier, and the other members of the Tampa Bay Lightning roster. Everyone (except, perhaps, the black aces) are getting ready for tomorrow.

Just know Rollie looks tabbed to start.

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I say Rollie get's the nod

Sons of Plunder

by Gatorbuc15 on May 22, 2011 11:44 PM EDT reply actions

agree

I think Boucher is handling it the right way.

Heel for school, Vol for life!

Go Bolts! Out West, go Preds! Southern hockey solidarity!

by Incipient_Senescence on May 23, 2011 7:24 AM EDT up reply actions

There's been no controversy

Boucher has said Roli’s the #1 from the post-game press conference for Game #4.

It’s been the media that has created the “controversy.”

"[The Lightning] are uncanny. When they want to get a goal, it's like they just snap their fingers or hit a button. They just dial it up. You can see it. It's like they flip a switch. When they are down, it's just like they think, 'we know we are going to score.' I don't know what it is, it leaves [the opposition] flabbergasted." - Mike Knuble, 3 May 2011

by MTBoltFan on May 23, 2011 7:32 AM EDT reply actions