Bobrovsky Save of the Year

[Perfect_Drug]

What a backbreaking demoralizing save.

Fucccckkk that was beautiful.

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Beautiful. That's one of those timeless goalie highlight saves moments.

 

[Idiot Stick]

common save by sergio boobtitsky

 

[Voight]

Thought Hasek came out of retirement there for a sec.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Most desperate saves are. Doesn't take away how great of a save it was.

Agreed, most are, like this, it's the ones that are pure skill that are the true SOTYs. He literally just threw his body toward the opposite side of the net and hoped for the best, which worked. He wasn't even looking lol.

 

[TooManyHumans]

I thought he played it poorly right up until he did that, and then I didn't care because that save was awesome.

 

[North Cole]

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.

Life is a results based evaluation.

 

[Bruce Granville]

Not a save. He didn‘t see the puck and was hit by it in the back of his arm.
Either luck or Dumba…

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Best save of all time. Don't even think a prime Hasek made a save on that level.

 

[Auston Marlander]

Agreed, most are, like this, it's the ones that are pure skill that are the true SOTYs. He literally just threw his body toward the opposite side of the net and hoped for the best, which worked. He wasn't even looking lol.

There are times I wish we could downvote posts. This is one of those times.

 

[MrRuin]

He wasn't even looking lol.

oh but he was! He realized that to make a save on the incoming shot he has to move with the momentum of his body (so he turned the wrong way around) or it will be too late. He saw the puck and where it went, he saw a guy coming down to shoot it and he just did something against all conventions trying to increase the chances of him making a save from 0% to 0.5%. He absolutely forced his luck.

 

[Laus723]

Not a save. He didn‘t see the puck and was hit by it in the back of his arm.
Either luck or Dumba…

Was literally a save. Instinct matters.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

There are times I wish we could downvote posts. This is one of those times.

Likewise

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Insane

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

It's up there for sure.

 

[EmptyNetAssassin]

He stole the series momentum with that save.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Incredible stop.

 

[Crabapple]

WTF??? Insane

 

[tomin]

Harnessing his inner binnington. keep it up kiddo.

 

[wgknestrick]

Best save of all time. Don't even think a prime Hasek made a save on that level.

You are right, he made 3 (1-3).

 

[KrisLetAngry]

My biggest complaint is the ad in the background moving and making my eyes flash towards the ad for half a second distracting from the epicness of the save.

 

[Hockey Know it all]

Agreed, most are, like this, it's the ones that are pure skill that are the true SOTYs. He literally just threw his body toward the opposite side of the net and hoped for the best, which worked. He wasn't even looking lol.

Absolute post.

 

[PULSATING]

This was the best save I have ever seen live

 

[ZJuice]

That save left me hot and bothered.

This better than the one I think on “Big Dave Save” where Singh and the broadcast were going nuts. Similar save but Brown’s shot would have gone over the glass. This puck was going right in

 

[Bender66]

Bobrovsky make neighbourhood safe