I'd rather see that then people beaking about the goaltending constantly as though that was the reason the Jets are at the golf course right now.
He's correct that the team in front of him was abysmal. It doesn't absolve his stinkers but those fans complaining about his goaltending are essentially saying the team in front of him isn't good enough and he needs to god mode the team to the Cup. So you're disappointed that Hellebuyck didn't drag 19 other professionals into the second round? I'd maybe look at why those other 19 players needed to be dragged through instead of asking why the goalie didn't drag them.
I'm on both sides of this
First off, the goalie is a part of the team. I always hate it when other teams fans complain when we win a game that we probably shouldn't have because of helle. My take is rhat the goalie is a huge part of the team, and building around a great one is a way of building a roster that can win. Nobody ever says "well, Edmonton wouldn't have beaten us if it weren't for their centres".
We couldn't match up with Colorado's great forwards or their D. Our depth and pur goaltending needed to come through for our roster, as it's constructed, to beat the Avs.
The difference between helle's .870 in that series and his .920 over the regular season is 10 goals over those 5 games. It would have been enough to win us a couple of games
So TL/DR version... if we're gonna credit Helle for stealing us games when his performance warrants it, we can't let him off the hook when his performance costs us games as well