Ray Fittipaldo

That's a different sort of skill set.

It's a different category, if you will, than playing in regular, you know, regulation time.

So as far as I'm concerned, he's just gotten stronger and stronger as the season's gone on.

And I felt even before the break that the Penguins were quite obviously putting him in positions to succeed.

I think they...

They really wanted to push him to see what he could bring in hopes that he would fulfill their trust in him and their faith in him, and I think he's done that.

And so last night, to start him in the first game coming out of the break, they automatically were committing themselves to him playing two of the next three because he's not going to play Saturday and Sunday, and he probably will play –

on Sunday and Stuart Skinner will play Saturday.

So that'll mean that she loves would have played two of the first three games, which tells me that they're really leaning towards him right now.

Well, it's really hard not to like him, Joe.

He's an awesome guy.

He has an immediate presence in the locker room when he came.

You know, he's a solid, calm goaltender.

He's been experienced, too, with going to the finals a couple times with the Oilers.

I know he had his ups and downs, but in a lot of ways, that's a positive, his ability to, you know, bounce back from bad performances.

He's not as athletic as Shilov's side to side, but he's got some real qualities to him that are nice.

But on the other hand, because he does have those qualities –

I wouldn't be surprised if Kyle Dubas gets some phone calls on him before the trade deadline.

And then depending on what Kyle has offered, he might have to make a decision there because he's got depth in goal.

And I know everybody wants to see Mershaw, but Blomquist has played well down there too.