The New Division
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JaysCyYoung
Legend
I was under the impression here that Anderson was super-human. What happened?
UWHabs
Well-known member
Wait, I thought playoffs were the only thing that mattered? If we're suddenly talking regular season as well, then Ottawa was just a bubble playoff team.
corksens
Legend
Yes. They did. Boston matched up well and ground them down.
Not to mention that Boston seemed to get away with what Ottawa got called on. The PP roasted us. But that doesn't take away from the fact that Pittsburgh had a top offense last year and it's expected that if you get 5+ PP's a game, a goalies numbers will suffer.
Not to mention that Boston seemed to get away with what Ottawa got called on. The PP roasted us. But that doesn't take away from the fact that Pittsburgh had a top offense last year and it's expected that if you get 5+ PP's a game, a goalies numbers will suffer.
JohnnyHolmes
Banned
Reimer completely collapsed in game 7. I don't see how you can be anything but horrified by that performance.
That was Nieuwendyk on Lalime bad.
A Brian Elliott special.
That was Nieuwendyk on Lalime bad.
A Brian Elliott special.
JaysCyYoung
Legend
Flukey point shot goals happen. Shit happens as EK would say.
UWHabs
Well-known member
That's why Reimer will be Toronto's backup goalie next year.
JohnnyHolmes
Banned
Two backups masquerading as starters...
I don't miss those days.
I don't miss those days.
zeke
Well-known member
Having the best goaltending in the division and one of the best in hockey should help in that matchup, no?
zeke
Well-known member
Not a great game, but letting in a few goals thanks to chara, lucic, and horton crashing the crease is no collapse. No lalime unscreened 5hole blueline specials in this one.
Once again, though, ottawa's goalie showed the hockey world what a true playoff collapse looks like.
zeke
Well-known member
When your dcorps is a bunch of pylons, you can't be surprised that your team is always chasing and taki g penalties.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
I read the article and this:
Just screams lazy.
If you have a group of injury prone players, you will have high numbers of man games lost a year, these aren't robots we're talking about but human beings skating around a high speeds running into each other. Some guys just get injured easier than others, that's simply biology
If you have shit goaltending, it's is not necessarily going to trend towards being average unless you upgrade it. That's something I think this guy is missing, is that you have to improve your goaltending for it to improve, it isn't going to magically fix itself if you have 2 shit goalies in your lineup.
If you have more skilled shooters than other teams, maybe, just maybe you're scoring goals on a higher percentage of shots due to that and not blind luck?
People were calling for the Leafs high shooting% numbers to drop all year...but they held steady, and the coaching staff has confirmed that they preach to only shoot the puck from certain areas of the ice to their crew...surely that has nothing to do with it though.