Connor Hellebuyck - Worst Playoff Goalie in NHL history

[SeanMoneyHands]

He was real good tonight but he was out of position on the OT goal.

 

[Duke749]

Hellebuyck seems likely to finish the playoffs with the worst save percentage of any goalie who played. That seems bad?

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I mean as good as he could have been at times and in games, that SV% has been doomed for two weeks lol Jets would have to make the finals with him playing great just to make it look average.

 

[Kshahdoo]

He'll let in 5 goals on 20 shots next game...

Oh well, I was wrong.

 

[Fantomas]

Skinner and Hellebuyck read these forums confirmed.

Back to back shutouts for both. Wild.

What are you talking about

 

[JackSlater]

He's not the worst but at this point I cannot imagine anyone is nervous to face him.

 

[Frank Drebin]

For a big man he got beat high a lot. As Jack mentioned above he doesn’t strike fear into the hearts of his opponents i don’t imagine.

That said im not sure you could say he was the reason jets lost to dallas

 

[Hotsam Batcho]

For a big man he got beat high a lot. As Jack mentioned above he doesn’t strike fear into the hearts of his opponents i don’t imagine.

That said im not sure you could say he was the reason jets lost to dallas

He was part of the reason for sure.

861 save percentage on the road in round 2.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Final Stat Line for this year. Started playing better near the end, but still not good enough.

 

[adsfan]

I saw him play for a bad Moose team in 2015-16. He was around 2.5 GAA and 92% saves. His NHL career matches those stats.

He seems worse in the playoffs. If he has a lot of those Moose players on the Jets, I am not surprised. You can only stop so many quality shots.

 

[Jedub]

Connor needs to fix his glove high and maybe consider not being so inflexible on his "big and boring" style.

 

[gary559]

You don't win many games when your team can only score 1 goal.

 

[Video Nasty]

He had a pair of shutouts in this series, but he wasn’t exactly taxed during them. He was better than he was against the Blues, but not nearly at the level his team needed.

Another disappointing run to say the least.

 

[BLONG7]

Great regular season goalie...........struggles in the playoffs. His team was better than he was, but still fell short.....
His playoff performances are similar to Austin Matthews with the leafs..........not big game players......yet anyhow.

 

[Turin]

He mostly redeemed himself in the Dallas series to be honest

 

[JKG33]

He was legitimately one of the worst goalies ive ever seen in pro hockey that first round, it'd be hard not to improve on that for round two.

Honestly I don't think he was as bad as his save% indicated in round two, but he still looked very below mid. Dallas didnt make his life all that difficult the way St Louis did, and when they did they'd usually score.

Unfortunately for the Jets they need to invest in a high quality back-up who they'd feel comfortable starting. Someone like Quick or Varlamov would've been perfect, a veteran thats not an every day starter but can still reliably win you a game. Or a Freddy Andersen who's too fragile for a whole regular season but can play competently in the playoffs. Jake Allen would be a target.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

He mostly redeemed himself in the Dallas series to be honest

I agree. He played well enough for the Jets to win the series. Scoring was an issue though. They really need to scale back his regular season starts next year though. I think the workload is a factor.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

He was legitimately one of the worst goalies ive ever seen in pro hockey that first round, it'd be hard not to improve on that for round two.

Honestly I don't think he was as bad as his save% indicated in round two, but he still looked very below mid. Dallas didnt make his life all that difficult the way St Louis did, and when they did they'd usually score.

Unfortunately for the Jets they need to invest in a high quality back-up who they'd feel comfortable starting. Someone like Quick or Varlamov would've been perfect, a veteran thats not an every day starter but can still reliably win you a game. Or a Freddy Andersen who's too fragile for a whole regular season but can play competently in the playoffs. Jake Allen would be a target.

Not even close to 2012 MAF

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

He mostly redeemed himself in the Dallas series to be honest

I dunno. He was solid, but I don't think he ever played at a "this guy is in the other team's shooter's heads" level that you'd expect based on his regular season performance.

 

[Turin]

Not even close to 2012 MAF

Yes he was. But he’s got better against Dallas.

I dunno. He was solid, but I don't think he ever played at a "this guy is in the other team's shooter's heads" level that you'd expect based on his regular season performance.

No he never really outright stole a game , part of that is because the Jets were never significantly outplayed in any game vs Dallas. But he did play quite well in at least half the games this series.

 

[Video Nasty]

He mostly redeemed himself in the Dallas series to be honest

Is that all it takes? Facing an extremely low volume of shots and high scoring chances, while losing the series?

 

[Turin]

Is that all it takes? Facing an extremely low volume of shots and high scoring chances, while losing the series?

Hard to do much better than two goals against in the last two games

 

[CashMash]

I think he's a good goalie but probably in need of a psychologist like MAF. Then again, it wasn't that long ago Bob was seen as a bad playoff goalie. If you look at Helle's earlier years, they don't look horrible. Maybe he just needs to get hot at the right time?

 

[wgknestrick]

Anyone who has to play behind Luke Schenn gets a pass. I'm sorry, but Helle is not the problem, its several of the skaters in front of him.

Schenn was on the ice for 14 GA and only 3 GF in just 2 rounds.

 

[blueandgoldguy]

Helleybuyck was something like -10 to -10.5 in goals saved above expected after 6 or 7 games against the blues. His final goals saved above expected was -4.7...meaning he had approx. a +5.0 - +5.5 goals saved above expected in the Dallas series. He did his fair share to try and help the Jets win in the second round.

Lack of scoring and mostly poor special teams did the Jets in. The second line needs work.

 

[PhysicalGraffiti]

What are you talking about

It was a joke that they are reading the trash talk directed at them and thus performed better by having each having shutouts in back to back games.

A joke. That's all.