Bobrovsky Save of the Year

[ijuka]

Well, it worked but along the ice was free. Hasek would instead have cartwheeled on his back with his blocker arm tightly against the ice to cover the option along the ice while hopefully covering the upper parts of the net with his pads, which is really the best thing to do here.

This one looked good because by luck the opponent happened to hit the one part of the net he covered with his arm, but he seriously didn't cover a lot. I'm not a fan of calling saves where the opponent luckily hits just the one part he covers as incredible saves, even if they happen to work out. Especially in situations like this, where along the ice would be a free goal as it's completely uncovered, because by default, shooting the puck along the ice should be trivial.

In short, not save of the year for me, but I can see why people find it impressive. I'm not fond of results-based evaluation.

 

[BB79]

Well, it worked but along the ice was free. Hasek would instead have cartwheeled on his back with his blocker arm tightly against the ice to cover the option along the ice while hopefully covering the upper parts of the net with his pads, which is really the best thing to do here.

This one looked good because by luck the opponent happened to hit the one part of the net he covered with his arm, but he seriously didn't cover a lot. I'm not a fan of calling saves where the opponent luckily hits just the one part he covers as incredible saves, even if they happen to work out. Especially in situations like this, where along the ice would be a free goal as it's completely uncovered, because by default, shooting the puck along the ice should be trivial.

In short, not save of the year for me, but I can see why people find it impressive. I'm not fond of results-based evaluation.

Welp, I'm not inviting you to any parties lol

 

[Dirty Dan]

Well, it worked but along the ice was free. Hasek would instead have cartwheeled on his back with his blocker arm tightly against the ice to cover the option along the ice while hopefully covering the upper parts of the net with his pads, which is really the best thing to do here.

This one looked good because by luck the opponent happened to hit the one part of the net he covered with his arm, but he seriously didn't cover a lot. I'm not a fan of calling saves where the opponent luckily hits just the one part he covers as incredible saves, even if they happen to work out. Especially in situations like this, where along the ice would be a free goal as it's completely uncovered, because by default, shooting the puck along the ice should be trivial.

In short, not save of the year for me, but I can see why people find it impressive. I'm not fond of results-based evaluation.

Fair, but the shooter didn't read the play so he went with the high shot which is a good bet normally on a cross crease for the goalie

 

[IceManCat]

Shades of Hasek

 

[dalewood12]

No hyperbole, maybe the best save of the last couple years.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

That was insane.

 

[Turin]

Yea

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Save of the century.

 

[Senor Catface]

 

[VanillaCoke]

soty ainec

 

[Frosty415]

Damn what a save

 

[Goom 35]

One of the best saves ever. Seriously.

 

[Bone Density]

I love the playoffs! lol. Incredible save.

 

[Osprey]

Kudos to Bobrovky for not giving up. That reminded me of a goal in Game 1 of CAR-NYI in where Varlamov seemingly gave up after making the initial save. Even if it seems unlikely that you'll stop the next shot, you need to at least try, especially in the playoffs.

 

[Gentle Man]

Delete

 

[Misery74]

Simply amazing

 

[GhostfaceWu]

That might be the craziest save I've ever seen actually.

 

[Mez]

There's a degree of luck involved but it's a case where luck is the residue of design and of never giving up.

This reads like ai.

 

[clmetsfan]

Absurd

 

[Gabrielor]

Shades of Hasek

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

soty ainec

Fr ftw no cap.

Playoff Bob is back.

 

[A55P2]

Yeah that's an incredible save, wow!

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

I lost my mind when I saw this on TV.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Bob is lucky he didn’t pull a muscle on that save.

 

[Killahpunk]