Yeah, but do you still think he's bad? I never said he's anything special, but all indications are he's as good as any goalie needs to be to allow a quality team to succeed in the playoffs. I still (surprise!) think he's bad, but I'm resigned to the fact that the Hawks have no choice but to roll with him. But a few posts ago someone said they need to let Havlat go and get another defenseman. I don't know. Let Barker and Hjalmarsson develop and you'll be fine on the back up. Matt Walker is shaky, but he's your 6th defenseman. It's like having a 5th starter with a 4.50 ERA. It is what it is. I don't see some of the offensive guys progressing like I think the young d-men will. So spend the money on offense. I would say this about Huet -- I hope we have a decent backup to play significant time. But if he gets hot in the playoffs like he was last night, then obviously he would be good, during that time. I mean, I think everyone has hot/cold streaks, but it looks to me like Huet's are longer, and deeper. The real battle will be for the backup job between Crawford and Niemi, I reckon. Go Niemi... just so you know there is an Offseason thread for chatter like this.