The Big Ten: #5, G Dwayne Roloson

(Why the late post? Because I had inadvertantly saved this particular profile as a draft instead of as a published article while polishing it up at work. Oops.)In 2006-07, Dwayne Roloson was 19th in the league in save percentage, 21st in goals-against average, tied for 15th in shutouts, sixth in saves, and seventh in minutes played. Not one spectacular number in the bunch but, considering how utterly God-awful his team was and how little help he got from his backup, not bad. Yet, this year, we're hearing people talking about how the Oilers are waiting to send Roloson out the door. Apparently, he had a bad year last year by ranking average among goalies who played as much as he did and doing it behind a defense that couldn't check its luggage. Only in Oilerville, where we were spoiled by years of Fuhr, Moog, Ranford, Joseph, and Salo, could we complain about a guy being average on a bad team. more...