He's been awful? Is that why the Wings are 1st in the west, while playing fewer games, AND only starting one goalie due to Osgood's injury? If they are off track I guess we missed that memo. In the losses that Howard has taken this season, the team essentially fails to score goals. Of course he has had some bad games, but playing every game will do that to ANY goalie. He can only control one end of the ice, and when the team isn't scoring, it doesn't matter if he stops 49 of 50. Babcock said it himself, http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=546419 Look Howard has one of the toughest jobs in the NHL, and that is the starting goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings. The only goalie that might be feeling more pressure is Carey Price. Detroit is notoriously hard on goalies if they don't win every game. Just think, years ago they were saying this about Chris Osgood, with actual good reason, and look where is now; 399 and counting.
