Yes, has played better in the last two games... not so much in the last five.
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Jones has been terribly inconsistent this year. He'll play great for a game or two and then he'll suck again. I'd wait for consistent good results before I say that "he's back".
As for playoff results, most goalies tend to have better averages in the playoffs due to the fact that teams tighten up defensively. Better defense = Better goalie stats.
Jones had very good playoff averages in the years you mentioned above.. no dispute. However he also had much better regular season averages during those years too. 2.17/.918, 2.40/.912, and 2.55/.918 respectively.
Much tougher to go from a Sv% that is barely above .900 to .923 Sv% (or higher) than it is to go from a .918 Sv% to .923 Sv% or a .915 Sv% to a .928 Sv%. The only year where his post season play improved dramatically was 2017 where he went from a season Sv% of .912 to a post season Sv% of .935... but then the sample size of 6 playoff games played is extremely small. The 2018 playoff sample size isn't that great either at 10 games.
In fact the year that he played the most playoff games (24 in 2016) his playoff Sv% (.923) wasn't much better than his regular season Sv% (.918)
I suggest not betting on a miracle to happen. Right now the Jones you used to know doesn't play for the Sharks.
Or whoever has the hotter goalie at that particular moment. We've all seen games where a team can't score for love nor money because the opposing goalie is stopping EVERYTHING.Vegas scares me more than the Sharks do tbh. Although not by much, SJ has a very good roster. Not a lot separates those 3 teams, might come down to who has home ice advantage.
You’re the one making outlandish hot take statements like “Aaron Dell is a career AHLer” and then providing absolutely nothing to back them up. Go ahead and start a poll, or just wait until the end of next season. I promise you that you’ll be proven wrong as Dell will be a solid NHL backup like he always has been.
The Wild were on pace for 116 points on January 12, 2017.
They’re both slightly above average teams that have been historically mediocre and are playing at a level they won’t sustain. I don’t think their rosters are built comparably.
You say they have been a historically mediocre team, which is accurate, but the easy counter argument to that is that in the off season they added 8 new players in Lindholm, Hanifin, Dube, Ryan, Neal, Valimaki, Kylington, Andersson while also switching starting goalies and bringing in an entirely new coaching staff. Not to mention a lot of their core are young players in their early 20's that have shown progression. Historically what they have done doesn't really matter. This is a completley different team than past seasons.
You wouldn't argue that Chicago or LA will turn it around in the second half because historically, they have been Stanley Cup contenders. Teams evolve and change over time.
The dude lost a fight to Vlasic. Even Danny Briere hugged out a draw with him back in the day.Sam Bennett has that entire team on a leash.
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Maybe to a person who lives in the moment and has no grasp of history. Rittich has better stats right now, but Jones is a better goalie.Better players matter. Rittich is better.
I love it when you make dogmatic announcements.“Historically” doesn’t refer to 2015 and before when Chicago and Los Angeles we’re still winning playoff rounds. It refers to 2016 and beyond when Calgary has won 0 playoff games.
The dude lost a fight to Vlasic. Even Danny Briere hugged out a draw with him back in the day.
Sharks aren't concerned with your draft bust.
I love it when you make dogmatic announcements.
You're ignoring the point. What the Flames were two seasons ago doesn't matter.“Historically” doesn’t refer to 2015 and before when Chicago and Los Angeles we’re still winning playoff rounds. It refers to 2016 and beyond when Calgary has won 0 playoff games.
The dude lost a fight to Vlasic. Even Danny Briere hugged out a draw with him back in the day.
Sharks aren't concerned with your draft bust.
It was, and Bennett lost. Video don't lie.Wasn’t even a fight. But good try. Bennett tunes up some bigger guys in the past.
We love our ‘bust’ by the way.
Is Vlasic in the league anymore anyways?
Are you seriously dissing the kipper trade??? Vezina winner vs playing bottom pairing for the best hockey country, Which is more impressive? Arent people wishing vlasic off the team like 2 weeks ago too?? Hahaha you should just stop. Also cool kane is twice the player bennett is, but we aint paying bennett 3.5mill so enjoy kane at 7.It was, and Bennett lost. Video don't lie.
Vlasic is a 2-time Olympian champ. You throwing shade at him to pump up your 4th overall, .3 ppg bust is comical. You guys like to talk **** about Evander Kane, but he's twice the player now that Bennett will ever be.
Thanks for the draft pick that ended up being Vlasic, btw. Is Kipper in the league anymore anyways?...
Kipper>vlasic and it’s not even in the same universe. That 7 million dollar contract not looking too hot coming up.Are you seriously dissing the kipper trade??? Vezina winner vs playing bottom pairing for the best hockey country, Which is more impressive? Arent people wishing vlasic off the team like 2 weeks ago too?? Hahaha you should just stop. Also cool kane is twice the player bennett is, but we aint paying bennett 3.5mill so enjoy kane at 7.
You're ignoring the point. What the Flames were two seasons ago doesn't matter.
19 players that played games for the Flames in 2016-2017 are no longer in the organization. Not mention an entirely new coaching staff. The 2018-2019 Flames are a completely different team than the 2016-2017 Flames. I'm not sure how you can't see that.
Hamilton, Versteeg, Ferland, Brouwer, Chiasson, Stajan, Wideman, Engelland, Bouma, Jokipakka, Kulak, F.Hamilton, Vey, Grossman, Bartkowski, Johnson, Elliot all gone
Historically, the Flames have won a Stanley Cup, while the Sharks have not. Leads me to believe they are much more likely to win another than SJ.
Thanks for the draft pick that ended up being Vlasic, btw. Is Kipper in the league anymore anyways?...
Besides Hamilton, Elliott, and Ferland, none of those players matter at all. That’s just shuffling of depth players that most teams do.
The core of Giordano, Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Brodie, and Monahan is one that has historically produced very mediocre results. That’s what I mean when I say historically.
Obviously I don’t care about what happened whether or not the Flames won a Cup before the Sharks were even in the league.
Are you seriously dissing the kipper trade??? Vezina winner vs playing bottom pairing for the best hockey country, Which is more impressive? Arent people wishing vlasic off the team like 2 weeks ago too?? Hahaha you should just stop. Also cool kane is twice the player bennett is, but we aint paying bennett 3.5mill so enjoy kane at 7.