Craig Anderson

[starling]

0.974 Save%, 0.93 GAA in the playoffs. Leads all goalies with >100 min played in both categories.

 

[alfierulestheworld]

0.974 Save%, 0.93 GAA in the playoffs. Leads all goalies with >100 min played in both categories.

Love it....... if he was in all series we'd be 2-2

 

[The Lewler]

Please please please engage Beast Mode.

Pleeeassseee

 

[Benjamin]

This is why you keep Anderson until he retires.

 

[LynxBud]

Pass the crow..

Did not think Andy would be playing this well after being out for so long.

Good on Cameron. Made the right choice.
I would've stuck with Hammond just because he got them here.

 

[The Waffler]

It's crazy how short people's memories are. This really is a "what have you done for me lately" buisness.

Anderson should have started game 1. Hell, he should have been starting when he got back from injury.

These past two games have been a good reminder of how he turns it on in the playoffs.

 

[Ouroboros]

It's crazy how short people's memories are. This really is a "what have you done for me lately" buisness.

Anderson should have started game 1. Hell, he should have been starting when he got back from injury.

These past two games have been a good reminder of how he turns it on in the playoffs.

I think going with Hammond for game 1 was justified. He played very well down the stretch and deserved the opportunity to continue. Shouldn't have played game 2 though - that was the mistake.

 

[pm88]

I think going with Hammond for game 1 was justified. He played very well down the stretch and deserved the opportunity to continue. Shouldn't have played game 2 though - that was the mistake.

True. Though I think in the chance we're not able to come back and win this series, we'll look back and realize Game 3 was the game that really killed us.

That OT loss was devastating

 

[starling]

Starting Hammond in the second game was perfectly justified too. He deserved 2-game leash with that run no matter what.

 

[Six Assets]

Beast

You can trust Andy to bring his A game. Hammond was great but you didn't know what to expect from him. I applaud Hammond for what he did but Andy is our go to goalie.

 

[DrEasy]

I agree with all the goaltending calls made so far in the playoffs. I would have given Hammond the first two games too. After that game 2 it was obvious it was time for Anderson. Anderson did great in game 3, and it justified bringing him back for game 4. Now he's firmly the go-to guy again.

 

[SilverSeven]

Our best goalie looked like our best goalie?

SHOCKING.

 

[TonySoprano11]

Great job by Anderson. Proved naysayers, including myself, very wrong tonight. Let's hope he can keep it up.

 

[Senscore]

Please do not erase Hammond's Herculean efforts to get us here.


Had we switched to Anderson during that run we would most likely not be here. Stop trying to whitewash history.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Haha I tried to throw my hat when they were announcing Andy as the first star, hit someone in the head, and then had to duck and run out of their when security came in.

 

[Senscore]

Haha I tried to throw my hat when they were announcing Andy as the first star, hit someone in the head, and then had to duck and run out of their when security came in.

They don't react that fast.

 

[Sun God Nika]

They don't react that fast.

two guards came into the section and were looking for the guy who threw his hat, I was ******** bricks

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Our best goalie looked like our best goalie?

SHOCKING.

Well Ryan is our best forward and hes not playing like our best forward

although honestly he trying. probably forcing it to much

 

[Senscore]

two guards came into the section and were looking for the guy who threw his hat, I was ******** bricks

Just blame a Habs fan. Problem solved.

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

Please do not erase Hammond's Herculean efforts to get us here.


Had we switched to Anderson during that run we would most likely not be here. Stop trying to whitewash history.

This. Anderson was hurt. He is the type of goalie that needs to be 100% to play 100%. He was hurt and Hammond pulled this team from the abyss. He earned his two starts in the playoffs.

All I want is for people to remember that THIS is Craig Anderson and why we need him here for 4 years. He is a playoff beast capable of single-handedly changing a series. He did it for Colorado, and he's done it for us. Recognize that this is one of, if not, the best goalie we've ever had. Stop trying to replace him the first chance you get.

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

When has a healthy Craig Anderson ever cost us an important "must win" game?

The entire team disappeared during that Penguins series a few years back and left him out to dry, and Andy basically stole the show vs the Rangers. Dude did all he could to win us that series.

Craig Anderson has a career .928 playoff sv%, and that includes the Pittsburgh series.

LOL!

This.

Had we had a Craig Anderson instead of a Patrick Lalime, we'd be looking at some recent banners in our rafters.

The guy has never had a compete team in front of him. Panthers, Avs, Senators.

 

[Boud]

Our best goalie looked like our best goalie?

SHOCKING.

This. People forget so quickly, it was not even 5 months ago that he was the only reason we won games. You read through pages on this board and people we're calling him to get traded because Hammond had won 15 games.... Anderson is our #1 goalie, amd he has been for the last 3 years. Unless he gets traded, that won't change either.

 

[Senscore]

This. Anderson was hurt. He is the type of goalie that needs to be 100% to play 100%. He was hurt and Hammond pulled this team from the abyss. He earned his two starts in the playoffs.

All I want is for people to remember that THIS is Craig Anderson and why we need him here for 4 years. He is a playoff beast capable of single-handedly changing a series. He did it for Colorado, and he's done it for us. Recognize that this is one of, if not, the best goalie we've ever had. Stop trying to replace him the first chance you get.

Even at 100% I doubt he'd be able to do what Hammond did. That's why it was considered historic.

Then Hammond didn't have a good couple games and now we're here. Mostly correct decisions on Cameron's part.

 

[pm88]

Even at 100% I doubt he'd be able to do what Hammond did. That's why it was considered historic.

Then Hammond didn't have a good couple games and now we're here. Mostly correct decisions on Cameron's part.

I don't quite know if Hammond would have been able to do what Anderson has done the past two games the thing. We could have attributed Hammond's shaky performance to the fact he had some nerves playing in his first playoff games... but what if his shaky play had continued even at home?

Anderson's calmed everything down and he's a proven playoff performer as well as played this team before.

I don't know how much of a chance we have of winning if we were to start Hammond in Montreal again for game 5.. but I like our chances with Anderson. If he can keep this type of performance up and we play like we did tonight I think we have a good chance of getting the w

 

[Senscore]

I don't quite know if Hammond would have been able to do what Anderson has done the past two games the thing. We could have attributed Hammond's shaky performance to the fact he had some nerves playing in his first playoff games... but what if his shaky play had continued even at home?

Anderson's calmed everything down and he's a proven playoff performer as well as played this team before.

I don't know how much of a chance we have of winning if we were to start Hammond in Montreal again for game 5.. but I like our chances with Anderson. If he can keep this type of performance up and we play like we did tonight I think we have a good chance of getting the w

No, I was definitely advocating for switching to Anderson after game 2. It was the right move. Hammond just did not look comfortable at any point during this series and having been afforded a chance to work it out, the Sens rightly went back to Anderson.

I'm just saying that I don't think even a healthy Anderson would have been able to have the sort of run Hammond did to get us here. At this point I doubt Hammond could replicate it as well.