J.S Giguere is Anaheims goaltender of the future and current back-up. Steve Shields is the #1 goaltender till Giguere is ready, and Greg Naumenko is the farm hand. The only spot that I think Bryzgalov can take is being the #1 goaltender in Cincy, which is/was Naumenko’s job. Naumenko was signed by the Ducks in 1999 for depth puposes but he impressed a lot of people in the Ducks organization, which is why he stuck around.
We are now in 2001 and a lot of things have changed. The Ducks have excellent depth in goal and Naumenko seems to be the odd man out. If Bryzgalov’s numbers have anything in common with his talent we should see a rather big trade involving Giguere or Shields or a small trade involving Naumenko, either way the Ducks need to trade one of their goaltenders, and sorry Mr Naumenko, “You are the Weakest Link, Goodbye”.
