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Not if he keeps playing like this in the playoffs.
Sounds like a lot of teams could use your grandmother in net, however.
My Grandmother played in the old NML.After you get rid of Hellebyuck and Ehlers, you will have some decent capspace to sign your grandmother with.
Any reason you left out Sawchuk, Plante, Potvin and Hall?2 vezinas (which he'll now have) + 400 wins should get him in
Only 3 goalies have ever achieved that: Belfour, Roy, Brodeur.
Bobrovsky is 4 wins away.
Back then the Vezina is what the Jennings trophy is now known as.Any reason you left out Sawchuk, Plante, Potvin and Hall?
I mean, this is the reasonable response but HF loves their hot takes. Full marks to the Avs. They chewed up the Jets.Faces the Kinghts and then the Avs back to back. Good chance they both wind up being cup winners. That’s a tough assignment.
Still a great goalie.
I don't think any goalie was going to have a good save %. Straight up destruction the Avs were onFaces the Kinghts and then the Avs back to back. Good chance they both wind up being cup winners. That’s a tough assignment.
Still a great goalie.
I understand that, but still doesn't explain why you'd leave them out and say only 3 goalies have won 2 Vezinas + 400 wins.Back then the Vezina is what the Jennings trophy is now known as.
Staring goalie for the team that allowed the fewest goals (changed to a shared trophy if the backup played in 25)
It changed to the Vezina we currently know in 1981.
It will have little bearing on whether he makes it or not.Not if he keeps playing like this in the playoffs.
This is so true. While I totally think it matters and failing to produce every playoffs or producing a lot every playoffs does show something, I think it's it given weigh too much weight. Too much focus on too few games. Everyone goes through hot and cold streaks. Take McDavid for example, he currently has 10pts in 4 games.....what if he scores 3pts tonight in a win and then they get swept in 4 games in round 2 with him scoring only 4pts....that gives him 18pts in 8 games.....he does that every year for 10 years (I know this isn't very realistic). After the 10 years, playoffs starts are 80 games played and 180pts....that looks incredible, but it's not like scoring 180pts after 80 consecutive games.Strange that with both skaters and goalies, in a 5-a-side, 20 man roster sport, fans elevate and denounce the individual based on playoff success.
If he keeps shitting the bed in the playoffs it won’t help his cause.It will have little bearing on whether he makes it or not.
Imagine if 3 harts or Art Ross's were the bar for forwards and 3 Norris's for D men....What’s with all these replies he needs a “few more Vezinas” and some people add AND a cup AND a Smythe? How many goalies of the last couple decades even have more than 1 Vézina OR a Smythe? You’d have to think a goalie Smythe is a lock for HHOF. As well as a single Vézina while being a top tier goalie in this league… for goodness sakes…
Not saying HE IS a lock, but come on… a COUPLE Vezinas, AND a Smythe and what else?
History seems to suggest it will. I may be off, but from what I can tell....there are 39 goalies in the HOF. Remove Tretiak from that for obvious reasons....of the remaining 38, only 6 haven't won the cup and of those 6, only 1 hasn't been to the finals. That 1 was also a Hart Trophy winner and he wasn't inducted until 12 years after he died, 32 years after he retired.It will have little bearing on whether he makes it or not.
One of hockey's permanent problems is it has two seasons with two different levels of difficulty, and most of its fans and nearly all of its paid yappers prize the people who master the easier one
Five Goal Connor going into the Hall of Fame is an embarrassing thought. Just embarrassing for anyone to have. I remember in the 2019 series how his performance was the difference maker there too. He crumbles under pressure.
Players who routinely crumble under pressure aren't the best to ever play ... just a general all around fyi for fans of sport ...
I know, it skews what hockey really is for fans. They're the 70% awards. Regular season is played at about 70% speed compared to the actual hockey that has to be played to know who's the actual best at the sport.Most records and awards are regular season awards.