Jarry collapsed under the pressure of returning crowds after the Covid year with empty arenas. He couldn't handle the atmosphere. That's pretty much it.
He deserves blame for that series, yes. All of it? No way.
Our offense scored 16 goals in 6 games. If I recall that was good for 10th out of the 16 teams in round 1 in G/PG.
Crosby, Guentzel, McCann, Blueger, Tanev, Matheson all sucked in that series but get no heat from the fans.
50 shots in game 5 in Pitt, no? Many of the HDC variety. 2 goals? Everyone gets a pass for that because Jarry choked in OT?
It shouldn't have even gone to OT. It was a league #2 offense. Stop shooting at the goalie's pads.
This series, this game 5, this choke?
And your post is asking why guys like Sid, Jake, and McCann got a pass while everyone jumped on Jarry? Are you serious?
The other stats:
Ned - 2.97 GAA and .902 Sv%
Jarry - 2.91 GAA and .903 Sv%
I'll repeat what I said multiple times because it's, again, very relevant here:
Jarry is at a point where SV% and GAA do not matter anymore. It's irrelevant and even more irrelevant now with the team in the position that it is. If you're 8-2 but your goalie is .900 sv% and 4.00 GAA, then there might be cause for concern come playoff time. We are merely looking to get into that WC2 slot. The W matters. I don't give a shit if they post .850s game in and game out, but if they come out with the win, that's all that matters this year. Jarry needs to be putting the team in a position to win every single game. He is not doing that. At the end of the day, SV% and GAA are irrelevant if your goalie is either making a pass in the video above or letting in an incredibly soft goal to start the game. Even in the three games he's been in, there are shots that your goalie needs to save in order to win a game that Jarry isn't making.
We no longer care about goalie vs goalie stats. If Neds posts a .875% but makes a key save late in the third during a tie game (or up by 1), I don't care about the the sv% afterwards if we get the W. Similarly, if Jarry posts a 1.000 but lets in a softy at the end and we lose 1-0, I'm not going to care if his sv% was 0.9999% if we have a loss.
This is a VERY hard position for Jarry to play himself out of. It's not the forest anymore with him, it's the tree(s).
Main board always finding ways to shit on Sid & Genos accomplishments. God I wish I could have seen them in their prime in this open era of hockey.
06-07 Sid with a Rantanan+Nuke/Landy, Hyman+Drai, or Guentzel level linemate in 2024...woof, good luck league.