Player Discussion Jeremy Swayman: A return to excellence?

[Bradely]

A goalie can be great, but he can never win without a supporting cast. It’s why goalies were never paid too much until recently. They are really only as good as the team in front of them.

I can only say I totally disagree with you.

 

[mar2kbos]

I can only say I totally disagree with you.

Well good for you

 

[RoccoF14]

I can only say I totally disagree with you.

Show me the last Vezina finalist on a bad hockey team?

@mar2kbos is 100% correct. Sure, a great goalie can steal you an odd game now and then, but he isn't going to carry a bad team. Henrik Lundqvist is the perfect example. Now, the Rangers are repeating the mistake with Shesterkin. The ONE exception might be Jonathan Quick on that 2012 Kings team.

Any goalie is only gonna play 50-55 games for you anyway, and the difference between a top tier guy making $8+mil, and a middle of the pack guy making $4-5mil is about 1 goal every 5-7 games. That doesn't move the needle enough to justify the salary. You're better off with a mid-tier goalie and using that money to strengthen the lineup in front of him.

Overpaying for so-called elite goaltending is one of the biggest mistakes a club can make. You'd have thought that teams would have learned after Carey Price......nope.

 

[Blowfish]

Show me the last Vezina finalist on a bad hockey team?

@mar2kbos is 100% correct. Sure, a great goalie can steal you an odd game now and then, but he isn't going to carry a bad team. Henrik Lundqvist is the perfect example. Now, the Rangers are repeating the mistake with Shesterkin. The ONE exception might be Jonathan Quick on that 2012 Kings team.

Any goalie is only gonna play 50-55 games for you anyway, and the difference between a top tier guy making $8+mil, and a middle of the pack guy making $4-5mil is about 1 goal every 5-7 games. That doesn't move the needle enough to justify the salary. You're better off with a mid-tier goalie and using that money to strengthen the lineup in front of him.

Overpaying for so-called elite goaltending is one of the biggest mistakes a club can make. You'd have thought that teams would have learned after Carey Price......nope.

This! Well said.

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Insane how we might have the three worst contracts in the nhl on this team right now, all brand new deals. This is going to be a brutal decade for bruins fans

I think if you clear out the trash they each look better. Move Coyle and you can live with E Lindholm worst case scenario as 3C. Carlo and Zad can't play together if you move the biggest p***y in the NHL as someone accurately called him earlier Zad is ok at the same cap hit.

Been obvious since the first game vs Florida that those two losers took the summer off showed up out of shape and have mailed it in. Sweeney being too much of a loser to trade either needs to go.