lmao arguing with the guy who never ever ever admits he's wrong...a few days ago I was randomly reminded how they told me this past offseason that there was NO WAY CV would go into this season with a Steszka / Kokko tandem.
Like @The Marquis said, I think most of the fans listening to ECH are casual fans and while ECH has been fairly upfront about their thoughts on the issues with the team including Francis, coaching and the players, they do like to foster more of a laid back environment and try to keep a positive outlook.
I didn't even feel like Gru was all that bad in this game despite getting shellacked. We just had a lot of really bad breakdowns in front of him and that no goalie was going to be able to do much about. Coach Campbell even spoke to that in her interview.
I don’t know, his confidence looks absolutely shot. If you really key on him, he will make a really spectacular “reaction” type save like the one on Boeser and then just freeze. He will often look vaguely over his shoulder wide-eyed, clearly not tracking where the puck went after it hit him (something most goalies “feel”, especially elite ones) and is afraid to “scramble” and possibly make it worse. So he just lies there, wide-eyed, for some noticeable seconds while players swirl around him hammering for the rebound.
I haven't really liked his game much since he first got here, to be honest. So, yeah. All that.
Yeah, I dunno honestly. The first goal was super terrible luck but it's a picture perfect example of what I describe above. Watch the replay and really key on his reaction to making the initial (admittedly spectacular) save, especially the angle from behind the goal line looking back towards him. Completely frozen while Larsson scrambles frantically behind him.
OK, the replay from the high angle shows what you're talking about. My initial reaction was he thought he had the puck from his body language, but we can see he has no idea from the other angle. Not a great reaction. The other guys on the ice were totally scrambling in the 3v4 situation, I thought, after losing the faceoff and getting sliced apart with the set play passing back and forth through the slot area. Initially, I felt like you could blame them all. It was a mess all the way around.
I felt that one was lack of lateral movement. He came out to cut down the angle, which was the right idea, but then couldn't keep himself in position with Garland's speed. With the angle changing, there was quite a bit of open net by the time the actual shot was taken. The poorer play was back in the offensive end with the turnover just as Garland was coming out of the box IMO.
Yeah. Mr. Elastic in goal would've been the only option.
That one just looked like a mediocre goalie getting beat. He could've had it, but it was a good shot that may have handcuffed him a bit and lasered past him.
