“Right now, Jose (Theodore) is the No. 1 guy, and the other two young men have got to come in and play the way they did last year and try to push him out,” Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau.
“Jose won (32) games for us last year, and like the year before when Cristobal Huet got hot down the stretch, Varly (Semyon Varlamov) came in and did a great job where we just couldn’t take him out.”
When Boudreau referred to “the other two young men,” he was speaking of Varlamov and also Michal Neuvirth.
The question on folks’ minds has been how Semyon Varlamov, who excelled in 2009 NHL playoffs and ended the season as the number one goaltender, would be ranked going into training camp. But unless things change, it appears that Theordore has nailed the top spot -- at least for now.
Varlamov had replaced Theodore in the first round of the playoffs and impressed during the Capitals’ come-from-behind victory over the New York Rangers.
When Quebec native Theodore heard Boudreau's remarks, he appeared not surprised according to The Washington Post. "I don’t see myself as a backup,” Theodore was quoted. “My frame of mind was to enter the season as the number one guy. (Whether) or not that was the case, that was going to be my approach. We all know in hockey, number one is only a title. It’s still on the ice that you have to earn your points Sphere: Related Content
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