Heading into the 2011-12 season, plenty of questions surrounded Toronto Maple Leafs backup goaltender Jonas Gustavsson.
Having fought through a change in his goaltending style from stand up to butterfly goaltender, two heart ailments and the death of both of his parents, Gustavsson can be excused for his 22-28-11 record over his first two seasons with the Maple Leafs.
Gustavsson went 16-15-9 in his first season with the Buds. His 2.87 goals against average and .902 save percentage stand as his career best, at least thus far.
Gus followed his 2009-10 season up with a trying 2010-11 season in which he posted a 6-13-2 record to go along with a paltry 3.29 goals against average and .890 save percentage.
In his first start of the 2011-12 season Gustavsson got shelled for six goals on 46 shots, which equated to a horrendous .860 save percentage.
Given how rusty Gustavsson was coming into the game and the fact that the Maple were playing the defending Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins, Gu...
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November 02, 2011
