Tribute Jack Campbell Discussion Part 2

[zeke]

I don't think he was all the way back in this one but he was definitely better.

 

[kb]

I don't think he was all the way back in this one but he was definitely better.

I noticed in the third period that he kept looking behind himself after a save. That's not the hallmark of a confident goalie. But he was square to the shooters far more often, and he needs to keep that going.

 

[Stephen]

Mrazek's career SV% is .910 and the last time he played in more than 20 games in a season and was above .920 was 2015-16. In fact, that was the only time in he's career that he's accomplished that feat so I don't see this happening.

Plan A will be a quality Jack Campbell getting a raise north of what Mrazek makes and then you get a cheap backup like an Anthony Stolarz while trading Mrazek.

Plan B would be Mrazek stealing Campbell’s job, letting Campbell walk and signing or acquiring a platoon guy to go with Mrazek. Along the lines of a Korpisalo, Georgiev or something along those lines.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Plan A will be a quality Jack Campbell getting a raise north of what Mrazek makes and then you get a cheap backup like an Anthony Stolarz while trading Mrazek.

Plan B would be Mrazek stealing Campbell’s job, letting Campbell walk and signing or acquiring a platoon guy to go with Mrazek. Along the lines of a Korpisalo, Georgiev or something along those lines.

I don't think it's likely Mrazek steals his job, more likely would be that we lose Campbell to free agency. I wish we could keep both of them, damn that would be nice!

 

[crump]

Leafs' Campbell excited to learn from Vasilevskiy at first All-Star Game


All ready scouting his pre-game routines for a possible playoff meeting.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Here’s hoping January was an outlier month. Looked much better and sharper yesterday.

 

[aingefan]

Have a good break Jack-o.

 

[Duffman955]

This is a serious concern now

 

[Aashir]

I’m kinda worried about his play but not his contract anymore

I want the reverse problem back

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Mrazek should run with the net for a while. Sick of watching Jack get lit up. I don’t know what his problem is but we can’t have him playing like this.

 

[TheGreatOne11]

Saving us a few million once he inevitably bounces back to form. Thanks Jack.

To the promise land we go.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Fatigue is a concern. He's already played more this season than ever before and we're only halfway through. He shouldn't be starting ¾ of the games, ⅔ max. Mrazek is being paid 30 starts money and should be starting 30 games. Alternate starts here on out and have a rested Campbell for the playoffs.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Fatigue is a concern. He's already played more this season than ever before and we're only halfway through. He shouldn't be starting ¾ of the games, ⅔ max. Mrazek is being paid 30 starts money and should be starting 30 games. Alternate starts here on out and have a rested Campbell for the playoffs.

It's not fatigue .. He had a 2+ week break from mid to the end of December because of the COVID thing. And has just had a 9 day break from the ASG. In between that he had at least 3 days between starts in all of his games (with exception to the one where he was pulled then started against New Jersey).

He's just in a funk. And we know he's hard on himself mentally. This is the test for him if he can mentally get back into it. Luckily there's a lot of time for him to do that.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Fatigue is a concern. He's already played more this season than ever before and we're only halfway through. He shouldn't be starting ¾ of the games, ⅔ max. Mrazek is being paid 30 starts money and should be starting 30 games. Alternate starts here on out and have a rested Campbell for the playoffs.

That is probably going to happen, but this is completely mental right now. Our defense is making it easy for him. He is just not sharp at all. He is letting easy shots beat him clean, he is giving rebounds that he did not give up before, and his positioning is just questionable.

I believe he can turn things around, but he is pretty much a .870 goalie in 2022. Our defense deserves much better.

 

[Stephen]

 

[BertCorbeau]

What's wild is that despite Campbell's poor stretch of games his save percentage on the year is still above 0.920 and in the top 10 of goalies in the league.

He was that good to start the year. We knew it wasn't sustainable, but hopefully he's not just falling off a cliff

 

[DraftSchmaft]

Leafs' Campbell excited to learn from Vasilevskiy at first All-Star Game


All ready scouting his pre-game routines for a possible playoff meeting.

wtf did Vasi sabotage this man with

 

[Shooter2x]

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Wow. 3+ in 12 of last 16. I was going to hop on netflix and put a horror movie on, but you took care of my horror fix with this visual.

 

[Stephen]

What's wild is that despite Campbell's poor stretch of games his save percentage on the year is still above 0.920 and in the top 10 of goalies in the league.

He was that good to start the year. We knew it wasn't sustainable, but hopefully he's not just falling off a cliff

Here's a scary thought for you Bert.

There was some talk about Campbell's SV% on Overdrive a couple of weeks ago. They were saying a .940 SV% is unsustainable, but a .920 SV% for the entire season is completely within the realm of possibility. But considering he was at a Vezina front runner level for a few months, in order to get to .920 by seasons end, it would necessarily be a very bumpy regression to the mean, aka flirting with .900 and below the second half. And unfortunately, that's what we've been seeing the past month and a half.

No easy answers with this one. I think everyone likes him, but with zero track record to fall back on, you just don't know.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Here's a scary thought for you Bert.

There was some talk about Campbell's SV% on Overdrive a couple of weeks ago. They were saying a .940 SV% is unsustainable, but a .920 SV% for the entire season is completely within the realm of possibility. But considering he was at a Vezina front runner level for a few months, in order to get to .920 by seasons end, it would necessarily be a very bumpy regression to the mean, aka flirting with .900 and below the second half. And unfortunately, that's what we've been seeing the past month and a half.

No easy answers with this one. I think everyone likes him, but with zero track record to fall back on, you just don't know.

It's why having a quality 1B is necessary. And I don't believe Mrazek is it personally (though I'm willing to give him some rope).

If the Leafs are wanting to contend I would suggest stepping up with someone more proven hence why I mentioned MAF in the trade thread.

You can upgrade the D all you want but weak goaltending will always falter. Whereas a hot goalie can steal you a series if your D underperforms.

 

[Stephen]

It's why having a quality 1B is necessary. And I don't believe Mrazek is it personally (though I'm willing to give him some rope).

If the Leafs are wanting to contend I would suggest stepping up with someone more proven hence why I mentioned MAF in the trade thread.

You can upgrade the D all you want but weak goaltending will always falter. Whereas a hot goalie can steal you a series if your D underperforms.

I don't mind MAF! Send Mrazek out for him a 50% retained?

 

[Divine]

I don't mind MAF! Send Mrazek out for him a 50% retained?

Why would Mrazek have any value with his play and contract? We would have to pay to unload him currently.

A .902 save % goalie making 3.8M for 3 years (2 additional after this one) is not appealing.

 

[meefer]

Why would Mrazek have any value with his play and contract? We would have to pay to unload him currently.

A .902 save % goalie making 3.8M for 3 years (2 additional after this one) is not appealing.

If you're going after MAF, then getting Mrazek some games to up his value is certainly the way to go. Thankfully, we've still got the games to give him. And just for the record, Campbell had two tipped shots and a screened shot past 3 players that picked a corner go past him last night. Tips are tough to stop at the best of times, and nobody was going to stop Kilington's (?) shot if they couldn't see it.

 

[1specter]

Dude's broken

 

[Gary Nylund]

If you're going after MAF, then getting Mrazek some games to up his value is certainly the way to go. Thankfully, we've still got the games to give him. And just for the record, Campbell had two tipped shots and a screened shot past 3 players that picked a corner go past him last night. Tips are tough to stop at the best of times, and nobody was going to stop Kilington's (?) shot if they couldn't see it.

This. Jack wasn't as bad last night as so many seem to think. Not saying he was good, he wasn't but still, I'm not quite willing to give up him just yet.