Play Mika!

My brother told me last night that Mika Noronen was supposed to start in net for the second of the two games against the Stars. I was very disappointed to see Alex Auld in net again. This guy is tired. More importantly he hasn't been playing clutch in the third period (again we saw it last night 2 goals in the third for the Stars to sweep the season series). When is the last time he got a break? With the horrible ex-backup Ouellet not scaring Crawford anymore it's nice to finally get a decent 2nd stopper for the Nucks. So why isn't Noronen playing? If you break down the teams that are battling with the Canucks for 6-8 spots in the Western Conference you'll see a tasty trend of Hot goaltenders that have recently been turning it on (no Brokeback comments jerks i realize where this metaphor can go)...

LA Kings: Mathieu Garon, Where did this guy come from? 27 wins so far for a guy who hadn't won over 10 games in the last 4 years with Montreal.
Anaheim (used to be 'Mighty') Ducks: Both J.S. Giguere and Backup Bryzgalov are posting a 914% save percentage on the season.
Edmonton Oilers: Finally acquired a reliable starter in Dwayne Roloson. Or did they? 0-4 since appearing in those ugly dark blue uniforms (bring back the old jerseys!).
San Jose Sharks: Vesa Toskala has won 7 or his last 8 consecutive starts since taking over for struggling Nabokov.
Colorado Avalanche: Peter Budaj, ie. Who? has posted a .927% in his last 5 since taking over for David Aebishchermeiserhser...whatever.

With the exception of Giguere each of these teams has a different starting goaltender from last year, and they are all banking wins on em'. Ok, i realize Mika Noronen is no Miikka Kiprusoff but It's time for Crawford to test out his latest goalie acquisition to see if he can get hot before the playoffs. It's now or never to find out if the Canucks will have (dare i say it) a reasonable chance at anything in the post season with a decent pair of pads between the pipes!