BT's 2008/09 NHL Season Preview: The Phoenix Coyotes

Bryan Thiel by Senior Writer Written on September 18, 2008
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For a while, Leafs fans were treating Mikael Tellqvist as the next starter, and we were happy to have the future set. Then, he seemed to erode a bit, and all of the sudden he was worth little more than Tyson Nash.

Tyson Nash never played a game for the Leafs. At least I don't think so. If he did, then there's a reason I never payed attention to him.

Anyways, since then, Tellqvist has provided Phoenix with little more than an admirable backup presence, and a fill-in until Al Montoya is ready to take some minutes at the NHL level. Once Bryzgalov's contract is up though, Montoya will have hopefully developed the consistency to be a starter at the NHL level—because he has established that he has some of the skills to get him there.

 

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