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JQ: should he be a vezina candidate?

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Im not a big stats person, but I was just alerted to this by my son at how good JQ's numbers look: NHL Goalie Statistics In 2012 JQ was robbed by the political choice of Lundquist.. which was tempered by winning the Conn Smythe.. If TM lets him play this could be his year if the Kings manage to get into the playoffs.
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You have to consider that part of the reason why he is playing so well is because he has more rest then past seasons. Remember there was a stretch there where he was getting hurt every season. That athletic and explosive style is not conducive to longevity.
 
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Quickie this season:

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cyclones22 said:
You have to consider that part of the reason why he is playing so well is because he has more rest then past seasons. Remember there was a stretch there where he was getting hurt every season. That athletic and explosive style is not conducive to longevity.
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Good point. They will ignore him if its a platoon - but if he gets say 2 out 3 starts might be enough if he keeps this up. I just feel like he hasnt gotten the recognition he deserves. I have noticed that CBC and sportsnet always hype him.. it seems Canadians appreciate how unique his style is and how good he is... but in the USA - not much is said.
 
For goalies with 10 or more starts, he's 5th in sav% and 6th in GAA. He's lagging in wins. So he's in the mix, but outside looking in still. If Quick can keep this pace up? We'd be talking career best season though and likely a finalist, but you know how awards go. They have to be a playoff team first.
 
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No. He's playing well now, but its a Catch 22. Start him more often and his play most likely suffers. Keep the same rotation and you harm the guy you just signed.

Quick will probably never see the playoffs in LA again, no matter how well he plays. Peterson likely needs a good long run of starts to regain his form and confidence. Giving the guy with no future more starts out of respect during another losing season is detrimental to the team's future, and that is what needs to be the concern here, not honoring the past.

Maybe Peterson isn't the guy, but they just committed to him, there are no other heir apparents. Its counterproductive to sit him and not give him every opportunity to show he can pull himself together.

Quick, and the other vets, might give you the best chance to win the team's next game. The kids give you the better chance to win the team's next Cup.
 
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No. He's playing well now, but its a Catch 22. Start him more often and his play most likely suffers. Keep the same rotation and you harm the guy you just signed.

Quick will probably never see the playoffs in LA again, no matter how well he plays. Peterson likely needs a good long run of starts to regain his form and confidence. Giving the guy with no future more starts out of respect during another losing season is detrimental to the team's future, and that is what needs to be the concern here, not honoring the past.

Maybe Peterson isn't the guy, but they just committed to him, there are no other heir apparents. Its counterproductive to sit him and not give him every opportunity to show he can pull himself together.

Quick, and the other vets, might give you the best chance to win the team's next game. The kids give you the better chance to win the team's next Cup.
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Cal was the starter. He just sucks. So Quick is starting more because he's not sucking.
 
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He won't, and shouldn't play enough games in the end to win it. But he's arguably a top-5 goalie right this moment.

But you'd be surprised what other goalies around the league are doing. Quick might be in the worst situation, but still. It's the Vezina, not the Miller/Vokoun award for good stats on a bad team.
 
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bland said:
No. He's playing well now, but its a Catch 22. Start him more often and his play most likely suffers. Keep the same rotation and you harm the guy you just signed.

Quick will probably never see the playoffs in LA again, no matter how well he plays. Peterson likely needs a good long run of starts to regain his form and confidence. Giving the guy with no future more starts out of respect during another losing season is detrimental to the team's future, and that is what needs to be the concern here, not honoring the past.

Maybe Peterson isn't the guy, but they just committed to him, there are no other heir apparents. Its counterproductive to sit him and not give him every opportunity to show he can pull himself together.

Quick, and the other vets, might give you the best chance to win the team's next game. The kids give you the better chance to win the team's next Cup.
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I would love to see Quick traded to a playoff team, as I would enjoy watching him in the clutch when it matters one more time.
 
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Don't know about Vezina since I haven't been paying attention to other goalies. But you can maybe nitpick 1 or 2 games where Quick wasn't good in. And you'd run out of room on your fingers to track how many he's been really good in.

I know I've been hard on quick as many have pointed out through the years. But he's been nothing short of amazing and reliable this season. He's outperforming the guy who's much younger and we got him to take Quicks spot. But he'd be lucky to hold Quicks jock at the moment.

But Petersen is ass and there's no redemption arc to him since he's not really young, and hasn't shown anything really In the NHL.


Kings do need a new goalie to replace Quick cause of his age, and Peteren ain't it.
 
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KINGS17 said:
I would love to see Quick traded to a playoff team, as I would enjoy watching him in the clutch when it matters one more time.
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I would LOVE everyone to see what we've seen at least once, would be great on an East coast team

I'd also love it for some more salt in the "all you need is replacement level goaltending" crowd--another year, another failure
 
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I think what's going to work against him is that, unless something changes, he won't play enough games to really be in the conversation down the line. I think based on his play this year he needs to be starting a lot more than Cal. The other thing against him is that there's a fair number of goalies this year who are performing just as well as him if not better. Have a feeling most of the voters still think Quick is ass even though he's playing arguably better than his Conn Smythe run.
 
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KINGS17 said:
I would love to see Quick traded to a playoff team, as I would enjoy watching him in the clutch when it matters one more time.
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I think the Kings ride JQ towards competing for a playoff spot come deadline time. The Kings could very well be mild buyers, not sellers. I’d rather see Quick play meaningful games as a King in April. Even if the Kings don’t make the cut in the end, it’ll be worth it.

I also think Quick has earned some right to have input whether he gets traded. He has been the heart and soul of this team for a decade. I don’t think he gets moved this season. That’s just my two cents.
 
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