Cup Final Goaltending Is Turning Into A Full-Blown Problem

The goalie battle in this Stanley Cup Final is drawing exactly the kind of scrutiny that can swallow a series whole. This story examines whether what fans are watching is merely a rough stretch or a much bigger indictment of how the netminding has been handled in the cap era. Goaltending always looks simple until the pucks start flying in bunches and the postgame questions get mean. When the last line of defense goes shaky in June, everybody in the building feels it.