Ron Tugnutt would love to take sole credit for the Blue Jackets' latest flurry of wins and points, but he has been around the NHL long enough to know such thinking is too simplistic, if not fundamentally flawed. Lately, he has been quite stingy. But the success of a goalie depends on the play of the defense in front of him, and vice versa. If one collapses, they both look bad.
Every goalie can get hot and really carry a team through a game or two.
Dominik Hasek does it in Buffalo continually. But when it comes right down to it, you're only as good as the rest of your team. If they play well in front of you, the goalie ends up looking like a hero. With us, the way we've been going lately, it's a double-headed attack. I'm happy with the way I've played, but the guys in front of me have been great.