The rookie goalie who is going to lead the Detroit Red Wings into the playoffs has one thing going for him.
He’s too dumb to know what he’s getting himself into.
Don’t gasp; that’s not a put-down. First of all, I didn’t call Jimmy Howard stupid. I’m calling him dumb. As in “ignorance is bliss.”
Howard is 26 and he’s played as many minutes of playoff hockey as I have, and you, too.
Zero, zilch, nada.
The Red Wings, first of all, don’t start rookie goalies in the playoffs. I think it says so on their contract with the league.
But contracts, like records, are meant to be broken. Sometimes you don’t even need a lawyer.
Howard has been given the key to the executive goalie washroom, and just because he looks like the kid who should actually be cleaning that washroom appears not to bother his coach, Mike Babcock.
Babcock is riding Howard like a carousel horse, for that’s about as bumpy as it’s been with Jimmy in net. The kid has started all but one game for the Red Wings since January 27. Every ...
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Jimmy Howard Too Dumb To Know that He’s a Rookie
April 7th, 2010 by Greg Eno Leave a reply »
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