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SherVaughn30 said:
Talk about balanced mins from the D pairs. 5 of 6 played 20+ mins. TVR with 17n1/2 mins. Strome 86% on draws and PLD close to 56%!


LT is starting to creep up on Helle!
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I wouldnt say he is creeping up, but rather not loosing ground.

Still Helle has the most games played, most wins, most saves, best save %, best goal against average and the most shutouts.

LT is third in GAA and save % and is 4th in wins. He needs to have a higher workload to close in on Helle while keeping up his current numbers.

Whats interesting is how well Kuemper is doing. Second in GAA and tied for third with LT on save %.

Looks like a win for both teams that trade. PLD being a stud in Washington and Kuemper providing solid goaltending for LAK.
 
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Kuz said:
I wouldnt say he is creeping up, but rather not loosing ground.

Still Helle has the most games played, most wins, most saves, best save %, best goal against average and the most shutouts.

LT is third in GAA and save % and is 4th in wins. He needs to have a higher workload to close in on Helle while keeping up his current numbers.

Whats interesting is how well Kuemper is doing. Second in GAA and tied for third with LT on save %.

Looks like a win for both teams that trade. PLD being a stud in Washington and Kuemper providing solid goaltending for LAK.
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As you accurately stated, Hellebuyck probably cannot be caught unless he comes back to the pack. But LT has clearly put himself in the conversation for 2nd or 3rd. I tend to look at hockeyreference's GSAA model, with some other consideration (GP/team quality/defense quality) to determine who should win the Vezina. Here are the top 5 (in GSAA):

Hellebuyck - 28.0
Thompson - 16.2
Blackwood - 14.9
Kuemper - 12.5 (T - ranked Kuemper higher for more starts)
Stolarz - 12.5 (T)
<Gustavsson right behind this group with Daccord, Vasi, Markstrom, and Wolf rounding out the top 10)

Thompson is pretty low on starts (24) against Hellebuyck (36 starts) and some of the others in the top 10 (Blackwood has 29; Gustavsson has 31; and both Vasi and Markstrom have 34). That might be the thing that holds him back the most assuming Lindgren returns soon which appears likely.
 
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Just sign the man before he gets more media coverage.

Great win. Was a really tight defensive game but they found another gear in the 3rd and Sens really had nothing going after that.
 
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Kazer said:
As you accurately stated, Hellebuyck probably cannot be caught unless he comes back to the pack. But LT has clearly put himself in the conversation for 2nd or 3rd. I tend to look at hockeyreference's GSAA model, with some other consideration (GP/team quality/defense quality) to determine who should win the Vezina. Here are the top 5 (in GSAA):

Hellebuyck - 28.0
Thompson - 16.2
Blackwood - 14.9
Kuemper - 12.5 (T - ranked Kuemper higher for more starts)
Stolarz - 12.5 (T)
<Gustavsson right behind this group with Daccord, Vasi, Markstrom, and Wolf rounding out the top 10)

Thompson is pretty low on starts (24) against Hellebuyck (36 starts) and some of the others in the top 10 (Blackwood has 29; Gustavsson has 31; and both Vasi and Markstrom have 34). That might be the thing that holds him back the most assuming Lindgren returns soon which appears likely.
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I keep wondering these three things:

(1) Is it better for Thompson (and his stats) just in general to get the relatively large amount of rest he gets from being in a platoon?

(2) If you are pretty sure Thompson will be played like a traditional goalie in the playoffs, will it be better for him while in the playoffs for him to have gotten the rest he would get from being in a platoon all regular season?

(3) Can someone please tell me that there will definitely not be a platoon in the playoffs?
 
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Maruk moustache said:
I keep wondering these three things:

(1) Is it better for Thompson (and his stats) just in general to get the relatively large amount of rest he gets from being in a platoon?

(2) If you are pretty sure Thompson will be played like a traditional goalie in the playoffs, will it be better for him while in the playoffs for him to have gotten the rest he would get from being in a platoon all regular season?

(3) Can someone please tell me that there will definitely not be a platoon in the playoffs?
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1. Probably
2. Probably
3. No. But I doubt it
 
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trick9 said:
Just sign the man before he gets more media coverage.
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I'd wait till he loses a couple.

I don't want the contract that Superman earned. I want Clark Kent's contract. ;)

If he pulls a Shoresy and Never Loses Again, well, pay him whatever he wants then...


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Kazer said:
As you accurately stated, Hellebuyck probably cannot be caught unless he comes back to the pack. But LT has clearly put himself in the conversation for 2nd or 3rd. I tend to look at hockeyreference's GSAA model, with some other consideration (GP/team quality/defense quality) to determine who should win the Vezina. Here are the top 5 (in GSAA):

Hellebuyck - 28.0
Thompson - 16.2
Blackwood - 14.9
Kuemper - 12.5 (T - ranked Kuemper higher for more starts)
Stolarz - 12.5 (T)
<Gustavsson right behind this group with Daccord, Vasi, Markstrom, and Wolf rounding out the top 10)

Thompson is pretty low on starts (24) against Hellebuyck (36 starts) and some of the others in the top 10 (Blackwood has 29; Gustavsson has 31; and both Vasi and Markstrom have 34). That might be the thing that holds him back the most assuming Lindgren returns soon which appears likely.
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Update:
Hellebuyck 28-7-2, 2.02 GAA, .927 SV%
Thompson 21-2-3, 2.09 GAA, .925 SV%

LT is very much in the Vezina race now!
 
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SherVaughn30 said:
Update:
Hellebuyck 28-7-2, 2.02 GAA, .927 SV%
Thompson 21-2-3, 2.09 GAA, .925 SV%

LT is very much in the Vezina race now!
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He have a good chance to be nominated, but right now he needs to keep up his numbers and play more games or hope Helle falls off to be in the contest of winning it.
 
Kuz said:
He have a good chance to be nominated, but right now he needs to keep up his numbers and play more games or hope Helle falls off to be in the contest of winning it.
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He's literally the runaway favourite to finish 2nd right now in betting sites.

Hellebuyck -3030
Thompson +1400

Blackwood +4000
Gustavsson +4000
Markstrom +5000

I hope he doesn't win the Vezina. Contract year aside. Hellebuyck has been ridiculous so far but the Jets are playing him a lot... again. He's played 37 of their 48 games. He's on pace to play 60+ games again, and i don't see his stats plummeting much. In the Vezina -race he's going to have huge advantage among voters because it's ~60-65 game goalie vs. ~50 game goalie. As he should. That said, for the Playoffs you don't want your goalie playing that much during the season. Playoffs are long and you need your goalie fresh. Hellebuyck and Jets know that, they've ran him on the ground year after year and he's fallen apart in the Playoffs every season. This season he's likely going to get ~3-4 extra games in 4 nations too. 0 for Thompson there.
 
trick9 said:
He's literally the runaway favourite to finish 2nd right now in betting sites.

Hellebuyck -3030
Thompson +1400

Blackwood +4000
Gustavsson +4000
Markstrom +5000

I hope he doesn't win the Vezina. Contract year aside. Hellebuyck has been ridiculous so far but the Jets are playing him a lot... again. He's played 37 of their 48 games. He's on pace to play 60+ games again, and i don't see his stats plummeting much. In the Vezina -race he's going to have huge advantage among voters because it's ~60-65 game goalie vs. ~50 game goalie. As he should. That said, for the Playoffs you don't want your goalie playing that much during the season. Playoffs are long and you need your goalie fresh. Hellebuyck and Jets know that, they've ran him on the ground year after year and he's fallen apart in the Playoffs every season. This season he's likely going to get ~3-4 extra games in 4 nations too. 0 for Thompson there.
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Hellebuyck has been overworked because their backup Comrie has not been good enough. They need to upgrade their backup who can win games and not have Hellebuyck play so many games. Jets should not wait till the deadline to address it.
 
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