Speculation: Cam Ward kinda sucked
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MrazeksVengeance
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Why can't I select both options? This is rigged.
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Where’s the middle ground option? The one that states Ward was a good goalie caught on a bad team for much of his career. I think with a better defense in front of him, he could have been a Vezina contender.
Though that might also be unrealistic due to where he played. I know one year he put up better stats than Lundqvist in the same year, but Lundqvist finished higher in Vezina voting.
Though that might also be unrealistic due to where he played. I know one year he put up better stats than Lundqvist in the same year, but Lundqvist finished higher in Vezina voting.
Navin R Slavin
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PICK A SIDE COWARD
robbieberns
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Great goalie who played unreasonable amount of games for seasons on end, played behind AHL defenses which lead to massive amounts of shots faced and high percentage chances against him, both of which lead to earlier than usual burnout and durability degradation.
On a real team that operated like a professional organization where he plays less games and in front of a better defense he’s probably consistently in that tier below Vezina level for about a decade at least.
On a real team that operated like a professional organization where he plays less games and in front of a better defense he’s probably consistently in that tier below Vezina level for about a decade at least.
DaveG
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I'll go with "yes"
Though if not for injury he probably would have been in net for Canada in the 14 Olympics with Price and Luongo if not for an early season injury and falling off a cliff when the team rushed him back.
Though if not for injury he probably would have been in net for Canada in the 14 Olympics with Price and Luongo if not for an early season injury and falling off a cliff when the team rushed him back.
Lempo
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HE WON THE CONN SMYTHE IS WHAT HE DID. HE LED US TO OUR ONLY CUP. HE WAS A BRAVE CANADIAN GOATLENDER, AND ON THIS BOARD CAM WARD IS A HERO! END OF STORY!
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We will wake you up when September ends.
Joe McGrath
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You f***ers need to let me and tarheel quibble about semantics in peace.
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Ward was a solid goalie that deserved better oftentimes given the talent around him. He was definitely overused many times. But I don't think he was a particularly elite goalie on the whole. He was probably closer to average most of the time. Given his accomplishments for this franchise, he probably warrants a retired number right next to Eric (though I admit I'm not a big snob about retired numbers and such). The only thing that ever really soured me on Cam was that he was here too long, and that wasn't entirely his fault. I feel like he definitely battled giving up soft/back breaking goals at times, too. Still, a franchise icon.
DaveG
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THIS TECHNICALLY SHOULD NOT HAVE COUNTED ACCORDING TO THE RULE BOOK.
Navin R Slavin
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Absof***inglutely not. You're the only thing remotely resembling entertainment going on right now.
DANCE, PUPPETS, DANCE
AD Skinner
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THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. IT'S NEVER WORKED.
Identity404
I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious
I'm not qualified to judge Cameron Ward on his goaltending abilities but I can share my opinions on his wine:
I have tasted the collection of Vineyard 36 wines now on a number of occasions, when morbid curiosity overtakes better judgement, and have found the experience in each instance to be an utterly common and tawdry affair, each wine with a nose like tinned prunes (one can only imagine), and a texture on the palate like some horrid and ineffectual remedy that a witch-doctor might force upon a consumptive. In short, these are wines for the brutish and the senile, purchased by a man who was both. It is only to be hoped that death came for him before he managed to degrade himself and his name by serving Vinyard 36 to the guests at his table.
That, at least, would be a mercy.
I have tasted the collection of Vineyard 36 wines now on a number of occasions, when morbid curiosity overtakes better judgement, and have found the experience in each instance to be an utterly common and tawdry affair, each wine with a nose like tinned prunes (one can only imagine), and a texture on the palate like some horrid and ineffectual remedy that a witch-doctor might force upon a consumptive. In short, these are wines for the brutish and the senile, purchased by a man who was both. It is only to be hoped that death came for him before he managed to degrade himself and his name by serving Vinyard 36 to the guests at his table.
That, at least, would be a mercy.
hblueridgegal
Timing is Everything
You expect someone to be at the game that knows the rules but This is the NHL.
Negan4Coach
Fantastic and Stochastic
Agree. I mean just imagine him playing with Slavin and the boys from the past few years on the back end
Borsig
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Well when you play 82 games a year you break
