Player Discussion Anton Forsberg

[OD99]

He was getting ragged on in the preseason, when he wasn't really playing badly. He gave up a few softies, but in general he was solid.

Great to see him step up! Maybe Noodles was correct, and this is a tandem in competition for the net.

 

[thinkwild]

It didnt take too long after he first got here for him to win my confidence. But coming back from double knee issues in a year without the intensity of the hunt, it was looking like he may have lost it. Like i once thought about Ovechkin. But hopefully he is back now. Although as a 31 yr old ufa this summer while Ullmark starts his big contract, its surely going to cause some tough decisions.

 

[HSF]

hes been playing great

had my doubts early but hes been good in his role

 

[Spinal tracker]

I like that he is putting a little extra pressure on Ullmark. Ullmark is the #1 but he'll want to prove it


Tom Barrasso just popped into my head

So true. "You want me to stop shots that are wide of the goal as well?"

 

[bicboi64]

He's leading the league in shutouts!

 

[bicboi64]

Forsberg held his own during that last Flames onslaught. Still could've been sharper but good on him for getting the win. I hope he gets the net against SJS

 

[Senator Stanley]

You never know what you're going to get from this guy and it is very frustrating.

 

[Melgene Eunyk]

Get him the f*** off the team. It's so f***ing ridiculous that they haven't waived him

 

[Relapsing]

Our best player this year?

...not this year

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Worse save % than last year now. I don't think it's hyperbole to say it's a legit problem. You'd think this would be getting some discussion internally at this point about what to do.

 

[Senscore]

Fake goalie

 

[Boud]

Worse save % than last year now. I don't think it's hyperbole to say it's a legit problem. You'd think this would be getting some discussion internally at this point about what to do.

Ullmark has a sub .900 save % too.

 

[Knave]

Defensively we give up way less, still the same shit goaltending though.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Ullmark has a sub .900 save % too.

Ya but he's trended up and is now at .898. You can see it's turned around for him and he's a serious NHL goalie. He has a history of being consistently really good. Forsberg has a history of being okay at best and atrociously bad at worst. This year and last, he's hurt the team.

 

[StutzlingAway]

I actually think waiving him is a good idea in favor of whoever is down there.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

I actually think waiving him is a good idea in favor of whoever is down there.

It doesn't really get worse, or at least at that point it doesn't really matter if it does because you're losing with that level of performance regardless, so I don't see the harm in at least trying other options.

 

[Korpse]

Defensively we give up way less, still the same shit goaltending though.

Defended great 5v5. Problem was a 1:04 of PK time where they gave up 4 shots and free looks. On the flip side, Ottawa had 5:15 of time on the PP, managed just 4 shots.

 

[Xspyrit]

Defended great 5v5. Problem was a 1:04 of PK time where they gave up 4 shots and free looks. On the flip side, Ottawa had 5:15 of time on the PP, managed just 4 shots.

I suggest people to watch carefully Travis Hamonic on the Isles first 2 goals.

As long as we're going to allow this to happen to us we won't be a serious team.

 

[DJB]

He’s pure garbage . Absolutely useless for us

 

[Micklebot]

Ullmark has a sub .900 save % too.

11 games by Forsberg and only 3 were over .900, two were shutouts. Really Jekyll and Hyde performance

Defended great 5v5. Problem was a 1:04 of PK time where they gave up 4 shots and free looks. On the flip side, Ottawa had 5:15 of time on the PP, managed just 4 shots.

Idk what was with our pk today, and against a team that really isn't great on the PP. It looked like it was their first time on a PK. Idk if the saw something in the prescout of the nyi pp they were trying to protect against or what by they seemed completely disorganized.

 

[darude]

11 games by Forsberg and only 3 were over .900, two were shutouts. Really Jekyll and Hyde performance

Idk what was with our pk today, and against a team that really isn't great on the PP. It looked like it was their first time on a PK. Idk if the saw something in the prescout of the nyi pp they were trying to protect against or what by they seemed completely disorganized.

The Islander's confusion on the PP also discombobulated the Sens.

 

[OD99]

Are there stats on losing when given up so few shots? It seems incredible how many games we lose when holding the other team to less than 15 or even 20 shots.

We need to finish more, but damn, at least hold off until OT. Another wasted effort.

Gave away 2 points to Vegas. Should have had at least 1 point vs NYR. Gave away a point to Flyers and should have had at least 1 point tonight.

That's minimum 4 wasted points so far this early into the season. Fing joke.

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Forsberg playing well in the 2021-2022 season may have done more harm than good. It:

A. Gave us a somewhat expensive backup.
B. Caused Dorion to carelessly trade away Gustavsson on the basis that we would have had a 1A/1B scenario with Forsberg and Talbot.

 

[ottawagm]

Can we not waive him and find a better backup for 1M or less?

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

He hasn't been that bad this season. The reality is that there is a shortage of NHL goalies and with many of the rule changes resulting in higher scoring, an 889 save percentage is mostly fine for a backup. He is probably still a top 45 goalie in the league, which says more about goaltending than it does about him.