Schneider, Harding or Hedberg?

[Calimero]

With Bryz's struggles lately, I would like to pick up a third goalie. Which one of these 3 would you choose? Which one do you think will get the most starts from here on?

[blayze]

Schneider by a mile. If Vigneault stays true to his word (which he has done so far in the year), Schneider should get 3/8 starts (38%). Judging by his unreal play this year combined with Lu's shitty play, it would be hard to justify playing him less than that.

[mounD]

I would definitely go with Schneider for a couple reasons, not including the fact that he is probably the best goalie of the three. First, Harding and Hedberg are pretty well entrenched behind starters [Backstrom and Brodeur, respectively]. Both had very solid runs early on in the season, but especially in Harding's case, the starting netminder has come back and played very strong as of late. In Jersey, Brodeur is going to be given a lot of chances to re-assert himself, and is currently the bonafide starter, but he is getting older and Hedberg should see a decent amount of work in relief.

The thing w/ Schneider is how impressive he has been lately. Going into his last game, which he won in another brilliant effort, he was posting 130+ minutes of Shutout hockey... which brings me to the second reason why I prefer Schneider: he is definitely the most likely candidate to be traded to fill a starting job on another team [could be very beneficial to his value]. The Canucks are locked up to Roberto Luongo, and with his recent injury [which he is healthy from at this point] Schneider just got an amazing "try-out" for clubs looking for a goaltender. I wouldn't be surprised to see him dealt sometime sooner rather than later.

Cheers.

[Calimero]

That's what I thought, I was also leaning towards Schneider. Which forward from my team would you drop for him? It cannot really be a defenseman. With Green, EJ injured (and possibly Edler too), I currently need them all.

[blayze]

You can safely drop anyone after Oshie... I would drop Hanzal

[mounD]

Laich, Hanzal, Wheeler probably your safest bets to drop in points-only; I would definitely keep 'Juice' around, though.

[Calimero]

Thanks for your comments, guys. I have another question.

Would you start him over Bryz this week? Philly has 2 games in 2 nights; it seems unlikely that Bryz would play more than once. Vancouver has 3 games; Schneider is already confirmed for tomorrow, but that might be his only game. Luongo will eventually come back.