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Montreal winning the cup five times in a row or NYI winning 19 series in a row can't just be luck.
Is changing goalies mid-series a good thing?
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Freddy has always been injury prone so I’ll take the all of the above option. I just think he’s done. Freddy hasn’t been a great mentally strong goalie. The loss of Claude Lemieux was the straw that broke the camels back. Freddy was quite emotional which is understandable at the end of the Montreal series. But he’s done for the season.
Well there isn't much season left. I think even if he does heal up or otherwise declare himself available, this wouldn't be a good time to go back to him. I just hope if Bussi manages to finish the job, he'll be able to celebrate with his teammates with the dignity he deserves. And since he's old and on an expiring contract, decisions will have to be made thereafter.
Bussi has won 2/2 games started and won both in regulation and hasn’t given up 4 in a game.
Andersen has won 0/3 games started in regulation and has given up 4 goals or more in each game.
I mean the first two games were just close, high scoring games, Andersen got the Game 2 win thanks to goal support. Game 3, especially if he was concussed would explain that, Bussi was solid in relief and the goal he gave up in Double OT was more unlucky than bad. I also think the team has been playing better in front since he's come in. He was alright in Game 4, better than Hart at least. Game 5 was easily the best performance of any goalie in this series, 22/24 certainly gives your team a chance most nights. Game 6 will either end the season, or Bussi would have to really suck or get hurt to not get Game 7 if there needs to be one.
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Yes it’s a good thing if you are losing in a series. It forces the other team to re-think their shooting angles and strategies. You want to do anything you can to mess up your opponent.
Sometimes that's how it goes, especially if it's a young goalie that there's not much of a book on. On the other hand, it can sink you faster if you're putting a lesser goalie in there.
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Their handedness is different too. I'd have to imagine in a best of 7 they have a pre-scout on everybody in the lineup and planned for each.
But again, that's why I don't think this is tactical and that something is wrong.
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The Pens pulled MAF in the Conference finals against Ottawa, in the middle of game 3, then went on to win game 7 in double OT with Murray.
Unless your goalie is playing like Tim Thomas or Bobrovsky, during their Cup-runs, and are perfectly in the zone making incredible saves, I don't understand why rotating the goalies would be a bad thing.
Just make them mentally used to it during the season and continue. Don't make a big deal out of it and just make it clear that you let them rest and collect themselves once in a while.
Just make them mentally used to it during the season and continue. Don't make a big deal out of it and just make it clear that you let them rest and collect themselves once in a while.
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I've obviously never played goalie at a high level, but played goalie throughout my school years up until university, in football, floorball, and hockey, and to me its nothing weird that this goes in waves.
You have to be so perfectly in the zone all the time that when you're even a bit rattled everything breaks down.
I've gone from games where I posted shutouts on wave after wave of offense, to other games where just about every shot took a weird, slow bounce, or the opposing team's worst player somehow got off a perfectly aimed laser at the possibly worst moment for my team.
For me it would just have been nice to rotate immediately when I noticed that my brain wasn't functioning perfectly.
Just saw a bit where Kelky Hrudey stated he agreed with Tortorella about keeping Hart in because despite the numbers he thinks he's playing well and hasn't seen a lot of soft goals and per Tortorella the biggest provlem is the defensive coverage
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I think so too, specifically the number of times the Carolina forecheck beats Vegas defenders to a puck when Vegas defenders have a head start is ridiculous. That’s the single biggest issue I’ve seen with Vegas all series and I don’t get how it hasn’t been corrected. I don’t know if they’re just too slow or what but there has been some comically bad lost puck races by Vegas dmen
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I was predicting with my buddies the only way Canes get out of this series was if Andersen gets swapped for Bussi. This was before game 1 started.
Andersen was doing well because he wasnt really tested in the first 3 rounds and that wasnt going to happen in the finals.
Good for RBA for pivoting at the correct moment. Weaker coaches would have doubled down at that point.
Andersen was doing well because he wasnt really tested in the first 3 rounds and that wasnt going to happen in the finals.
Good for RBA for pivoting at the correct moment. Weaker coaches would have doubled down at that point.
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If the point is to get Andersen rest, then that's how you get him rest. A perk of having a 3rd goalie who can serve as solid backup. This is another one of those Canes specific tactics, which they've done several times over the past couple years.
Versus 'resting' them by them having to participate in all the pregame stuff, suit up, and stay mentally ready on the bench.
When Brindamour explained it, it makes so much sense that it's shocking this hasn't been the norm across the nhl forever.
