- May 1, 2011
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Back in 2016-2017 the Devils allowed about 48 or 52 (forgot the exact number) shots on goal one game against Pittsburgh. Sidney Crosby tied the game from the side of the net with the goalie pulled with about 10-15 seconds left in regulation. I still can’t remember if it wound up an OT loss or a shootout one, but it definitely wasn’t a win.
When asked about why the team allowed so many shots and what he had to say about it, Hynes said something like “We look at the quality of shots and not necessarily the quantity” which came off as someone not too mad that his team had just allowed like 50 shots on goal. Maybe he was just trying not to throw a younger, rebuilding, non-skilled team under the bus by coming up with that “quality over quantity” comment, but I remember that pissed off a lot of Devils fans after he said that and I never took him seriously after that.
But I will say this in his defense, he does play the right goalie. He benched a very struggling Cory Schneider for Keith Kinkaid in 2018 and it got us into the playoffs.
He also said “Enough is enough with this shit” when he got into Minnesota and the Fleury as starter/1b thing immediately stopped. Evason got fired before he figured that out. And I like Evason as a head coach, I’ve liked that hire for Columbus from the start. But he had a real problem with not recognizing Gustavsson was his best goalie and continuing to roll with Fleury like he wasn’t living in the year 2023.
When asked about why the team allowed so many shots and what he had to say about it, Hynes said something like “We look at the quality of shots and not necessarily the quantity” which came off as someone not too mad that his team had just allowed like 50 shots on goal. Maybe he was just trying not to throw a younger, rebuilding, non-skilled team under the bus by coming up with that “quality over quantity” comment, but I remember that pissed off a lot of Devils fans after he said that and I never took him seriously after that.
But I will say this in his defense, he does play the right goalie. He benched a very struggling Cory Schneider for Keith Kinkaid in 2018 and it got us into the playoffs.
He also said “Enough is enough with this shit” when he got into Minnesota and the Fleury as starter/1b thing immediately stopped. Evason got fired before he figured that out. And I like Evason as a head coach, I’ve liked that hire for Columbus from the start. But he had a real problem with not recognizing Gustavsson was his best goalie and continuing to roll with Fleury like he wasn’t living in the year 2023.
