Impatient Toronto Maple Leafs fans will get their way tonight as Jonas Gustavsson will start against division rival Ottawa Senators.
Now, Vesa Toskala is not a stud goaltender. No one is going to mistake him for Martin Brodeur or Roberto Luongo. Well, maybe the Luongo of this season. But the defense playing in front of him has been less than spectacular. In fact, Mike Komisarek hasn't been playing in front of Toskala at all, as he spends all his time in the box hiding from Milan Lucic.
Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson was understandly angry about the outcry for a new goalie just two games into the season:
"I feel bad for Vesa that he's being put in this position when he hasn't done anything wrong," Wilson told the assembled media corps after today's pregame skate. "He's a good goalie and he's going to work hard in practice. He might start the next game, he might not. I can't tell you.
"I trust that he'll get the job done," added Wilson. "If he was a racehorse, you would say he's not in form right there. So you work hard in practice and I'm confident he'll be able to play on the weekend and give us just as good of chance to win as Jonas we're hoping gives us tonight."
Poor Gustavsson better hope he lets in less than three goals tonight or the Toronto media will eat him alive.
More coming later in our Ottawa-Toronto preview.
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