Is Rinne the new Luongo?

[illpucks]

Luongo - Solid in Vancouver
- Absolute Garbage in Boston

Rinne - Solid in Nashville
- Absolute Garbage in Pittsburgh

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[Ringmaster]

Luongo - Solid in Vancouver
- Absolute Garbage in Boston

Rinne - Solid in Nashville
- Absolute Garbage in Pittsburgh

G7 was in Vancouver!

 

[hockeykicker]

He lost in Vancouver though

 

[Hockeyholic]

I honestly believe Schneider should've started Game 7. Wouldn't of made a lick of difference where they got shutout though.

 

[nhlfan9191]

Luongo was even worse. Which is saying something.

 

[illpucks]

I honestly believe Schneider should've started Game 7. Wouldn't of made a lick of difference where they got shutout though.

Canucks 1-0 (2OT) ?

 

[c9777666]

Luongo was even worse. Which is saying something.

He got pulled in EVERY game at Boston.

Even Rinne at least made it through game 1 in PIT.

 

[Zanon]

Canucks score first and they probably win Game 7. Team who scores first in Game 7 wins over 70% of the time.

Common misconception is that Luongo sucked in Game 7. He let in 3 goals. It really wasn't THAT bad.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Canucks score first and they probably win Game 7. Team who scores first in Game 7 wins over 70% of the time.

Common misconception is that Luongo sucked in Game 7. He let in 3 goals. It really wasn't THAT bad.

I don't even count his game 7 performance. I mean his team was shutout. The Boston games though? Yeah that was one of the worst displays of goaltending I've ever seen.

 

[hockeykicker]

Canucks 1-0 (2OT) ?

They lost that game 4-0 didn't they?

 

[illpucks]

They lost that game 4-0 didn't they?

It's supposing they had Schneider.

 

[Zanon]

I don't even count his game 7 performance. I mean his team was shutout. The Boston games though? Yeah that was one of the worst displays of goaltending I've ever seen.

Eh, Game 6 is really the only game I would fault him for.

 

[illpucks]

He got pulled in EVERY game at Boston.

Even Rinne at least made it through game 1 in PIT.

I dunno. I think Luongo stayed in for all 8 in the 8-1 loss.

 

[vwg*]

Who cares? Rinne could have gone all 2013 ECF Tuukka Rask and the NHL would have made sure it didn't matter.

 

[lawrence]

Luongo - Solid in Vancouver
- Absolute Garbage in Boston

Rinne - Solid in Nashville
- Absolute Garbage in Pittsburgh

New Luongo or not, he's better then any other trash goalie right now that is currently not playing hockey.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I don't see any similarity at all.

 

[nhlfan9191]

New Luongo or not, he's better then any other trash goalie right now that is currently not playing hockey.

No, no he isn't. Hockey is a TEAM sport.

 

[Frank Drebin]

He got pulled in EVERY game at Boston.

Even Rinne at least made it through game 1 in PIT.

I thought he stayed in for all 8 one game?

 

[KingBilly]

It's actually a good comparison, but I really think in both cases it is much more about the team and the intangibles of home/away. People consistently underrate them. The difference in faceoffs and last change. And the crowd. But mainly the first two. There are some teams for whom home/away means everything in terms of faceoffs and you can track it. For the Sens both the Rangers and Penguins series revolved around it. And you can look at the faceoff statistics and see the difference. I think Vancouver were a garbage away team in the playoffs, and Nashville? It's not as clear, but they've played worse in Pittsburgh. All of them. It's not just Rinne.

 

[The Drop]

Luongo was even worse. Which is saying something.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

I have to say Luongo is better, because he was almost neck-and-neck with Tim Thomas, posting two key games, while getting shutouts.

 

[Mikeshane]

Luongo was better, hard to believe but Vancouver's offense was even worse than Nashville's so Luongo had to nearly singlehandedly win games for the Canucks to have any chance. He almost did it too he just came up 1 game short.

 

[lawrence]

Luongo was better, hard to believe but Vancouver's offense was even worse than Nashville's so Luongo had to nearly singlehandedly win games for the Canucks to have any chance. He almost did it too he just came up 1 game short.

Vancouver had to face a Tim Thomas, not a Murray. factor that in also.

No, no he isn't. Hockey is a TEAM sport.

????

Why didn't you say this to op then?

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Coming into this thread my thought was Luongo was better. After reading some comments I'm unsure, its close but I would stick with my gut.

Nashville has done more around Rinne than Vancouver did around Luongo. IMO.

 

[Riptide]

Luongo - Solid in Vancouver
- Absolute Garbage in Boston

Rinne - Solid in Nashville
- Absolute Garbage in Pittsburgh

Luongo didn't lose that series - the entire team did. The games that Boston won were blow out games, while the games that Vancouver won were close tight games. Vancouver did not deserve that cup win, and that wasn't Luongo's fault. And if (when?) Pittsburgh wins the cup, it won't be Rinne's fault either. Could he have been better? Absolutely. But the team in front of him hasn't been doing him any favors either.