Two is better than one

Pierre Lebrun of the Canadian Press yesterday wrote an article titled Questions in net for better Bruins, question the Bruins' depth in goal. To me, there was one number that stood out to me in this article.

$1.73 million. That is the cost of both Hannu Toivonen and Tim Thomas.

In 20 games last season Toivonen,the 29th overall pick in the 2002 entry draft, went 9-5-0 with a 2.63 goals against average and a .914 save percentage.

Thomas boasted a 12-13 record in 38 appearences and a 2.77 goals against average to go along with a 9.17 save percentage. Not bad for someone considered until recently to be a career minor leaguer. Also not bad for under $1 mil a year.

And don't forget, we have that guy Tuuka Rask, who many if not all those in the hockey world believe to be the best netminder yet to play in the NHL. So if all goes horribly wrong this year with Toivonen and Thomas, there still is hope for the very near future.

The bottom line for Boston's situation in net this year: the combined 05-06 numbers of the two T's make for the best value and possibly the best pairing in the NHL nets. I am a firm believer that is always better to have two pretty good goaltenders than one great one and a bunch of scrubs. Or just a big question mark. See Ottawa, Toronto.