Found January 05, 2012 on Razzball Hockey: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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Jonas Hiller is having one of the worst seasons in the history of Ducks Goaltending… And I should know, I lived through the Mikail Shtalenkov/Ron Tugnutt/Guy Hebert Era’s back when I was a wii-lad (unsponsored product placement)…  Well Hiller is making those guys look like Patrick Roy.  I can’t explain it other than to speculate that the vertigo he was originally diagnosed with 11 months ago is still bothering him.  It’s that or his teammates have either A) Given up  B) Got old in 6 months,  or C) Suddenly realized they hate Hiller and want him to fail…  I can make an argument for B (Koivu is finished, Visnovsky’s old & brittle, Teemu has been slumping recently) but in reality the R-P-G line is the GOAT.  Which leads me to believe (since a new head coach did nothing) that the answer is C…  Baahh, I’ve already advised dropping Hiller in most situations, but after last night’s game I mean all situations…  Now lets m...
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