We have a goalie issue

[Panthers Fan 69]

I haven’t seen goalie play this bad under Rod unless it was the playoffs. What do we do?

[MillionDollarCam]

Pray that glass man is almost ready to come back and that he doesn’t play like ass, it’s time for Freddie to end this nightmare on elm street.

[Panthers Fan 69]

How did we go from elite goalie play with raanta and Koochie to the ABSOLUTE COMPLETE OPPOSITE in 2 weeks. Good god we are bad right now. 

[USDepartmentOfSavagery]

Koochies confidence is shot you can see it on his face. Send him down to Chicago and build him back up. He’s still a young dude as far as goalies are concerned.

[Panthers Fan 69]

8 hours ago, USDepartmentOfSavagery said:

Koochies confidence is shot you can see it on his face. Send him down to Chicago and build him back up. He’s still a young dude as far as goalies are concerned.

3 weeks ago I would have said you are crazy for doing so. Now it’s the only way. 

[Harbingers]

He just needs to cover the 5 hole. I don’t know if he’s having a vision problem with it or if he’s got a LB injury that’s not allowing him to close it that fast. I feel like both. 

[Anybodyhome]

Kochetkov flashed instinct and ran on adrenaline when we saw him at his best. But those days are gone and as the season wears into the middle portion before and after the all-star break, the reality is he is staying way inside the crease when someone is bearing down on him. He's lost his aggressive nature, lost any semblance of a poke check and is no longer playing off that instinct, instead he's getting played. He's trying to out-think the room, and the more issues he has, the more of a head case he becomes.

I would love to hear what Tripp has to say about this sudden fall from grace, because this went from very good to very bad in a very short period of time. Worst case scenario from last night's game should have been a 3-2 win.

Now RBA has to pick his poison: Raanta or Kochetkov. And, if I had my way, Freddie Anderson would be ready to play. 

[TheCandyMan]

For what it's worth, Freddie has made the trip to Columbus for tonight's game.