While sitting at this silver box trying to feed my appetite for hockey until a game is actually played on Wednesday, I stumbled across this article on the CBC website:

Toskala has been a rock?  By definition, that would mean he doesn't move, as most rocks need something (wind, a person, any animal) to move them.  And seeing as how Toskala came all the way out of his net to play the puck right into Sergei Samsonov's jersey, I would hardly call him a rock.

That said, I think Wilson is making the right decision.  Yes, the Oilers are in San Jose's head.  I don't think there really is much doubt to that.  But starting a goal tender who has seen only 11 minutes or so of action in the last month an a half may not be the wisest of moves.

While it did work for Anaheim and Carolina this postseason, it should be noted that Bryzgalov of the Ducks started Game one of the Flames/Ducks series because of Giguere's mystery (read: groin/hip) injury.  And he also started a game the week before in Calgary during the Ducks last road trip after playing Vancouver the night before.  It should also be noted that Cam Ward was a replacement mid game, after the game was, essentially, out of reach.  No pressure.

Nabokov has suffered though injury and lack of confidence throughout the entire season, and didn't look all that great in game 4 of this series. Granted, after sitting on the bench for 50 minutes, not to mention the downtime during warmups, he was a bit cold, sure.  However, he's played just a handful of times since the Olympics.  How good can he possibly be at this point? 

The argument here, to be certain, is that Nabokov has playoff experience and helped San Jose to the WCF just 2 years ago, only to be stymied by the Flames defense and physicality.  But Darryl Sutter's comment of "You go with who brung you" (i might be paraphrasing here, forgive me) rings much truer here.

Wilson is right in sticking with Toskala.  I wouldn't, however, be so bold as to call him a rock.