uh.. I've played some goalie too. I still don't think that makes either one of us qualified to be an authority on the topic here on a fan forum. Not that you're saying that... Just as I'm not claiming Mason is the next coming of Hasek either. In fact, this topic has sort of gotten out of hand as far as over-analysis. It's pretty simple.... Mason has been our #1 all year. He's played better than Emery all year. His numbers bare that out. I dunno why we're even having this discussion, other than it's a non-game day. I'll just leave this little quote here from Emery himself..."We talked about it," Emery said. "I'm always mindful of how the other team plays. That's not to say that if the guy has the puck normally I'm focused on that guy and you want to be aware of what else is around kind of secondary. I still kind of approach things the same way." So there you have it... Emery is NOT focused on each individual player. So that would seem to indicate that it's overstated to suggest he has a read on players now that he's played them 2 games in a row. And... from Berube... speaking to the point that it(the cross-ice passing) was a team adjustment... NOT a goalie adjustment. Coach Craig Berube said Sunday his team did a better job taking away the cross-ice passes in the final two periods. "On the first two goals they made the seam passes, we were outnumbered," he said. "They're a good attack team. Their defense is very active up in the rush and it opens things up, gets you spread out. Our guys did a better job with sticks and time and space. We didn't back in so much, I thought our gaps were better. That's real important against this team, having good gaps and not giving them a whole lot of time with the puck."