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Washington Capitals give Braden Holtby second shot

Found January 22, 2013 on Fox - The Hockey Guy: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Braden Holtby,  Adam Oates,  Michal Neuvirth
TEAMS: Washington Capitals,  Winnipeg Jets
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Braden Holtby gets his another crack at establishing himself as the lead goaltender for the Washington Capitals. Will he stand tall or muck it up?Holtby allowed six goals on 34 shots during Washington’s season-ending opening 6-3 loss at Tampa Bay. First-year coach Adam Oates vowed to give his other goaltender, Michal Neuvirth, plenty of work this season.So some observers wondered if that work could come in Washington’s the home opener against the Winnipeg Jets. Alas, Oates decided to come back with Holtby after attributing the Game 1 fiasco to miserable team play.But Holtby knows he wasn’t as good as he needed to be at Tampa. Some of those goals allowed were clearly his fault.“I think the first and the fifth were ones that I felt I could have played better,” Holtby told the Washington Post. “I don’t know if they would have went in still, but I felt that my positioning could have been better and reading the play. As a whole it was just one of those nights the puck went in.”Last seaso...
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