What’s happened to Calvin Pickard, who wrote that stuff-of-dreams story in the NHL playoffs last spring?

Stu Skinner’s safety net is digging pucks out of the cage right now, a few months after the loyal soldier won six straight early playoff games last spring and finished 7-1. He was the all-heart battler bailing out the Edmonton Oilers when Skinner lost two in Los Angeles. Then he carried it into Round 2 against Vegas, winning the first two there, gutting it out to win on a damaged left leg in Game 2 after Tomas Hertl fell on him.

Now, Pickard has given up 10 goals on his last 46 shots, coming in as relief against Colorado, then starting against Columbus. He has an .830 save percentage and a 4.17 goals-against average. Of the 54 NHL goalies who have played in at least five games, he h

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