Ottawa Senators netminder Craig Anderson was the loser Thursday night against Ben Bishop and the Tampa Bay Lightning. The loss put Anderson on tilt a little bit after the game, especially when he started to comment on the shootout itself.
“It’s a skills competition,” Anderson said, according to SenatorsExtra.com via ProHockeyTalk.com. “Flip a coin and call heads. That might be a better way to settle it.”
Anderson isn’t exactly a master of the shootout, which might mold his opinion some. He’s just 20-26 over his career in shootouts with a .622 save percentage.
Anderson certainly has Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask‘s support when on the anti-shootout front. Rask has been outspoken about the shootout over the last two years especially, and he went off against the event earlier this season following a shootout loss to the St. Louis Blues.
“I’d gas it right away,” Rask said after that Nov. 21 loss. “Midseason, take it away. I don’t [expletive] want it.”