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PHT Morning Skate: “A mug’s game”

Phoenix Coyotes v Detroit Red Wings

DETROIT, MI - DECEMBER 08: Niklas Kronwall #55 of the Detroit Red Wings tries to get around the stick of Martin Hanzal #11 of the Phoenix Coyotes at Joe Louis Arena on December 8, 2011 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 5-2. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Gregory Shamus

PHT’s Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what’s happening and what we’ll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.

All of a sudden, the Washington Capitals have a good conundrum going on in net as both Michal Neuvirth and Tomas Vokoun are playing well. (The Washington Times)

SI’s Michael Farber backs up how I’ve been feeling for years, although with a strange choice of words in that handing costly long-term contracts to goalies is “a mug’s game.” Pretty sure that doesn’t mean that they hold hot and cold drinks, but feel free to correct me there. (Sports Illustrated)

Earlier this week, The Contrarian Goaltender took a look at trends in how the Vezina Trophy winner has been chosen. (Brodeur is a Fraud)

The Islanders beat the Flyers in Philadelphia after 13 consecutive failed attempts. (CSNPhilly.com)

Martin Hanzal (pictured) had a successful return to the Phoenix Coyotes’ lineup on Thursday. (AZ Central)

Sure, it wasn’t good enough to secure the Coyotes the shootout win, but kudos to Mike Smith for stopping this ridiculous Pavel Datsyuk attempt:

If you want to equate the “Sutter Bowl” to a staring contest, then you could say that Brent avoided dozing off in a 2-1 shootout snoozer between Calgary and Los Angeles. (Calgary Herald)

The Bruins and Rangers are looking forward to a showdown between the Eastern Conference’s top two teams on Saturday. (NHL.com)

The Blackhawks are loving all the young energy from Jimmy Hayes and Andrew Shaw - they must have been really getting worn out by old men like Jonathan Toews before those rookies came along. (CSNChicago.com)

Let’s finish this off with this beauty of a backhand goal by Evgeni Malkin.