GDT: Canes at Bolts

[Rick Davis]

I won't pile on Andersen's struggles in regulation but he's been pretty rock solid in these last 2 shootouts

And let’s not forget that he made some terrific saves in the 3rd period to allow us the opportunity to get to OT….in fact I would argue that this has been a recurring theme with Freddie this season. He might give up a few questionable ones early but he buckles down when the game is on the line.
Just what you need from your #1 goalie!

 

[hblueridgegal]

For posterity.. a nice work of art.

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

For posterity.. a nice work of art.

I like it. Picasso.

 

[tarheelhockey]

For posterity.. a nice work of art.

This also illustrates what an athletic freakshow Vasilevskiy is. To do what he's doing there, in the reaction time of an NHL shootout, is some superhuman android shit.

 

[CanesUltimate11]

This also illustrates what an athletic freakshow Vasilevskiy is. To do what he's doing there, in the reaction time of an NHL shootout, is some superhuman android shit.

This, he’s beat like a drum but has the size and athleticism to almost block it. And as it stands leaves Aho about 6 inches to work with.

Edit, On second thought I’m leaving it as is.

 

[Stickpucker]

We're a freaking good team. We're not even playing at our absolute best, and we're 7-2-1 with Turbo and KK both having unusually-bad shooting luck. If we win tonight (not guaranteed, because it's really difficult to cool down red-hot teams), our record will be better than the much-vaunted village-burning Devils. Now's not the time to bitch and complain.

The one thing that somewhat worries me is that the entire trio of Hamilton/Trocheck/DeAngelo went over to teams inside our division. They've done a really phenomenal job at getting reinforcements to stay on top, but it's still a bit risky as far as inter-divisional dynamics are concerned to have all of that talent directly feeding our main competitors.

don't forget to mention how 2x cup champs and 3x finalists tbl have pilfered from our blue line and taken H. Fleury and I. Cole.

 

[Chrispy]

I'm getting old and my memory is fuzzy but I vaguely recall someone talking last season about how Andersen's GSAA(e?) in HD chances was highest % in the league and he's also been a really good shoot out goalie.

I would guess being a big goalie who can read the flow of the play and cut off an opponents best shot is a good thing in 5v5 and the shootout. Maybe not as much in 5v4 when you need to worry about one timers on the off side.

I was also thinking about Ward and how he seemed really bad in the shootout and was wondering how his numbers were at high danger chances.

Then it made me more curious about how it works across the league and if there is a fancy stat people are using to evaluate goalies for their potential shootout prowess. Going back didn't we lose a lot of points in the shootout seasons back?

That’s interesting, because Andersen’s numbers on high danger shots were not good in Toronto, which was the primary reason I thought signing him was a risky move.

So I guess all HD chances are high danger, but some are more high danger than others.

 

[Joe McGrath]

That’s interesting, because Andersen’s numbers on high danger shots were not good in Toronto, which was the primary reason I thought signing him was a risky move.

So I guess all HD chances are high danger, but some are more high danger than others.

Well when Slavin makes 7 or 8 saves on empty net a season it ups that HDSV%

 

[Stickpucker]

That’s interesting, because Andersen’s numbers on high danger shots were not good in Toronto, which was the primary reason I thought signing him was a risky move.

So I guess all HD chances are high danger, but some are more high danger than others.

It's possible that Andersen trusts the Canes D to protect the 2nd option so he's squared up to shooters more so his HD sv% is higher here.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

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