Connor Hellebuyck - Worst Playoff Goalie in NHL history

[MrLunatik]

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.

to add to this, in the playoffs the Jets seem to give up few total shots but a higher percentage of dangerous scoring chances... which will always f*** a goalies SV% playing against good teams

 

[jetsforever]

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 think the Blues series would have been on him if we lost but the Stars series wasn't on him.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

I think the Blues series would have been on him if we lost but the Stars series wasn't on him.

Yeah he was bad vs St Louis but he played well vs Dallas.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

One could say he’s the Matthews of goalies.

 

[Jets4Life]

Well according to all the people's opinions I trust over yours we did. Oh I'm sure the Oilers would have loved to offer us a 2nd and a cap dump for him. If that would have been worth it to you then I guess there isn't much more to talk about.

lol....I guess you know more about NHL GM's then me, I suppose....

 

[Jets4Life]

Dallas and St. Louis did their research and waited until the playoffs to play those cards. They were both excellent teams that have scoring skill. A lot of that scoring came on the penalty kill because the team couldn't block passes or clear the trash in front of the net. The rushes with muffin shots blocker side are a flaw, no doubt. Hellebuyck finished out this series very well and has all summer to learn from his mistakes and adapt.

Hellebuyck did perform much better against Dallas. Two shutouts, and after a disastrous first round, he finished with two shutouts and a 0.905% average. Not spectacular, but as the series progressed he was coming into his own. He really only had one bad game (Game 3 in Dallas).

 

[Alexei Yashvalev]

With Kochetkov's game 3 Hellebuyck moves up to second worst save percentage of the playoffs.

 

[Fatass]

Helly will win his third Vézina soon. Yet he’s the polar opposite when it matters most. Never seen anything even close to the contracting play he shows from regular season (where he’s winning the award as the best) to playoffs, where he’s winning becomes the worst. Really nothing and no one compares. Helly needs a shrink.

 

[ERYX]

Hot takes and sausage
Manage his regular season workload and he’ll be fine

"Work load" has consistently been the excuse made for Hellebuyck's poor playoff performances, but that said, managing his workload has never been tried ... something NEEDS to change, and this is the easiest thing to change. I don't see Chevy trading him ever.

So I'd be onboard with at least experimenting one season with giving him 50 or so games and the rest to a competent backup (who Jets have had, just never gave them the games for whatever reason) and see if different results ensue. Then we'll know whether it's fatigue or if he's just a mentally weak choker when the stakes are raised.

 

[commie]

Helly will win his third Vézina soon. Yet he’s the polar opposite when it matters most. Never seen anything even close to the contracting play he shows from regular season (where he’s winning the award as the best) to playoffs, where he’s winning becomes the worst. Really nothing and no one compares. Helly needs a shrink.

Just goes to show that goal-tending is really a team effort. Helly's playoff performance is more an indictment of how poorly the Jets play when it's playoff time. Porous defence and lack of scoring in critical moments.
The Jets are really the Leafs of the Western conference, and Helly is Matthews.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

I'd argue that Oettinger is playing worse against Edmonton than Hellebuyck played against Dallas, not that Oettinger was outstanding prior to this series either. He was passable and probably stole a game. Hellebuyck had a couple of meh games but managed to shut the door very well in 3 of them, and 5/13 goals against were scored on the penalty kill. Given what we've seen from other goalies these playoffs, I really don't think Hellebuyck's performance has been historically bad. Freddie is getting cooked (5.33 GAA this series?), Otter is being beat clean on 5v5 rushes and is giving up shots he should absolutely save, letting in 3+ per game. The Oilers have been stingy on defense and aren't giving up much - it's a major uphill battle to score 4 on them and Otter is not giving Dallas a good chance to win.

Hellebuyck vs Dallas:
Game 1: 3 GA, 0.875 SV% - 1 PPG
Game 2: 0 GA, 1.000 SV%
Game 3: 5 GA, 0.807% - 1 PPG
Game 4: 3 GA, 0.906% - 2 PPG
Game 5: 0 GA, 1.000 SV%
Game 6: 2 GA, 0.900 SV% - 1 PPG
GAA: 2.16

Oettinger vs Edmonton:
Game 1: 3 GA, 0.889 SV%
Game 2: 3 GA, 0.880 SV%
Game 3: 6 GA, 0.778 SV%
GAA: 4.00

Teams' defensive structures vary widely and match up well against some strategies that work on others. LA's defensive structure was excellent this year but Edmonton knows the way around it. It's possible that another team could've beaten Edmonton, which is the beauty of the playoffs. Clearly Edmonton knows how to skate circles around Dallas' structure, but Oettinger can't bail them out.