First 3 games
By the End of the First round
Second Round
Never (Conn Smythe Baby!)
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
Yeah, I'm not saying Fleury's implosion will be what costs them the playoffs. Remember, last year they lost in the 3rd round but Fleury didn't play after game 4 of the first round (well, except for the almost already lost elimination game against the Bruins). Also, there were a fair number of votes in the 'Never' column, so some have faith.
Last 4 years, not 2
Over that time:
3.18 GAA
.880 SV%
and that's despite a relatively modest workload of about 26.5 shots against per 60min (whereas Leafs goalies refer to that shot count as 'a good period')
Look, I know it is, to some degree, unfair... things like the 1-0 loss to Tampa in game 7 certainly weren't his fault, but the 4 goals/game in game 5 and 6 (and one of those he lasted only 25min)? In each of the last 4 seasons he has trotted out a pair of back to back stinkers (maybe a 3 in a row).
Games 5 and 6 vs Tampa
Games 2 and 3 vs Philly...
basically anything after game 1 last year
Games 6 and 7 against Montreal back in 2010
/S
~ I'm not a sociopath, it's just that my magnetic personality keeps throwing off my moral compass.~
Victoria DH
C(3): Athanasiou, Sissons, Zibanejad
LW(3): Lehkonen, Burakovsky, Hymen
RW(3): Bjorkstrand, Smith, Palmieri
F(3): Stepan (C), Bjork (LW), Poehling (C)
D(6): Carlson, Heiskanen, Bogosian, Edler, Hakanpaa, Fleury
G(1): Talbot, Sorokin, Varlamov
Bench: Parise (LW), Motte (C), Richardson (C), Hagg (D)
IR: Wood, Henrique, Johnson, Dvorak
Prospects: (F) Barre-Boulet, Khovanov, Beckman, Greig, N. Robertson, Fagemo, Tuomalaa, (D) Ceulemans, Hughes, Schneider, Zboril
It's already happened. He's currently weeping and taking to himself in his change stall.
10 team, head-to-head, multi-cat, keep-12 keeper league. CATS: G,A,+/-,PPP,PIM,SOG,HITS BS,SHP, W,SV,SV%,GAA,SO Daily rosters of 6F, 4D, 2 Flex, 2G
F: Crosby, Hall, Pacioretty, Hartnell, Neal, Nugent-Hopkins, Callahan, Dubinsky, Hossa, Huberdeau, Abdelkader, Bjugstad (IR)
D: Karlsson, Hedman, Muzzin, Savard, Streit (IR)
G: Lundqvist, Quick, Condon
It's happening as we speak lol
I hear ya Loch. He hasn't been the best in the playoffs lately, but it doesn't mean he's the sole cause of Pittsburgh's early playoff exits. I just find it's all too common and easy to jump on a goalie and discredit him for anything he contributes to a playoff team (or team for that matter) unless he goes on the most ridiculous tear. Habs make it to the conference finals and it was Halak. All credit to Halak. None to the team in front of him, that played a wicked team game. Hawks win the Cup, Crawford was awful and his team carried him... lol It's so disproportionate sometimes. I just like a more comprehensive look at why a team did or did not win. You don't hear much about how many times forwards miss the net with their shots.. But you sure as hell hear about whether or not a goalie made a save or not.. and both have a very similar impact on the score of the game. The goaltending position is just more in the spotlight and easiest to blame most times.. like pitchers in baseball and famously, kickers in football.
I just don't like easy answers or targets. I like the truth. The whole truth. And yes I can handle it.
Pens played shaky early on and I find it hard if we were going to blame Fleury on most of those goals last night.. He played pretty well.
Go Fleury! If only to silence the critics.
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
Price has been just as bad as Fleury in the playoffs.
didn't see the game last night. how'd Fleury do?