Actually, Emery really struggled early in the season, as cover page stories showed. But he turned it around and beat out a previously phenomenal Nabokov (who went into a two game major slump) to win the starter's job convincingly.
It was one of the dramtaic storylines early in the season.
Emery's start can at best be described as bumpy, but then he hit a high and it's been clear sailing ever since! (until getting yanked last night)
Kudos to Emery and Detroit, I didn't expect them to do this well, a nice start to the season.
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To NYIslander: Daniel Tjarnqvist, Duvie Westcott, Ilja Bryzgalov, Pat Rissmiller, Tom Poti, Bjorn Melin, Karri Ramo, Tom Gilbert
To Boston: Chris Pronger, Doug Murray, Jocelyn Thibault, Ken Klee, Wade Brookbank, Denis Istomin, Viktor Dovgan
The POM formula isn't that friendly to defenseman, that is why I would kind of rather it be by vote or by commish decision. Nothing against Emery but he did only play something like 8 games.
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To NYIslander: Daniel Tjarnqvist, Duvie Westcott, Ilja Bryzgalov, Pat Rissmiller, Tom Poti, Bjorn Melin, Karri Ramo, Tom Gilbert
To Boston: Chris Pronger, Doug Murray, Jocelyn Thibault, Ken Klee, Wade Brookbank, Denis Istomin, Viktor Dovgan
