Player Discussion Calvin Pickard

[ahmedou]

Goalies who are 3-0 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs this season:

1) Calvin Pickard

 

[Da McBomb]

Heard Tyler Yaremchuk describe Pickard on the Gregor show today and I thought it was a good description of Pickard. He said that Pickard is more of a Low Ceiling but High Floor goaltender... which I feel is pretty accurate. Pickard is never going to be an elite great #1 goalie... but on the other end of the spectrum.. he also won't be as horrible and bad as well. I think a team like the Oilers can get by well with this type of goaltender. They don't need a truly elite goalie to steal them games.. just one who can stop the saves you're supposed to make and keep the team in the game. Skinner on the other hand can be a very low floor goaltender... where his bad can be really bad.

 

[Macheteops]

Heard Tyler Yaremchuk describe Pickard on the Gregor show today and I thought it was a good description of Pickard. He said that Pickard is more of a Low Ceiling but High Floor goaltender... which I feel is pretty accurate. Pickard is never going to be an elite great #1 goalie... but on the other end of the spectrum.. he also won't be as horrible and bad as well. I think a team like the Oilers can get by well with this type of goaltender. They don't need a truly elite goalie to steal them games.. just one who can stop the saves you're supposed to make and keep the team in the game. Skinner on the other hand can be a very low floor goaltender... where his bad can be really bad.

Skinner's floor starts in the basement. His ceiling is also in the basement