Player Discussion Linus Ullmark (G)

[RickyLafleur]

This guy is cooked. Every goalie except Anderson comes here and they have the worst season of their careers.

 

[coladin]

He is going to be ok. He was better and will continue to get better the more he plays

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

What's with the panic with Linus? Thought he was pretty good last night and it was the team in front of him that lost the game.

 

[PlayOn]

What's with the panic with Linus? Thought he was pretty good last night and it was the team in front of him that lost the game.

I think people are panicked about everything right now lol. I agree, he had a nice game. Second goal wasn’t good but he made a lot of great saves. The last two games have been two of Ottawa’s worst defensively, they were doing a much better job earlier in the season.

I get the argument that he needs to be better given what we are paying him and I think he will be. But he kept them in it last night, not much to complain about from my perspective.

 

[bicboi64]

He is so not the gamebreaking goalie we need him to be

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

I think people are panicked about everything right now lol. I agree, he had a nice game. Second goal wasn’t good but he made a lot of great saves. The last two games have been two of Ottawa’s worst defensively, they were doing a much better job earlier in the season.

I get the argument that he needs to be better given what we are paying him and I think he will be. But he kept them in it last night, not much to complain about from my perspective.

Ya that's true and fair, I guess last night just seemed like he did keep them in it when they were so sloppy. Big saves that led to the puck in the net, but because of poor defensive coverage. Imo he was not at all the problem last night and easily played well enough for them to win.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

even the 2nd goal.

what was it like a drop pass one timer from the bottom of the circle 7 feet out?

that goal was on the team too not linus.

 

[Golden_Jet]

even the 2nd goal.

what was it like a drop pass one timer from the bottom of the circle 7 feet out?

that goal was on the team too not linus.

No that was on Linus, the puck can’t squeeze through him like that.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

He'd made lots of big saves up to that point and the team was playing with fire not able to score, again.

I think it's a compounding effect where the team knows Linus is struggling which affects their play, and Linus knows the team is struggling and isn't going to score enough to make his nights easy so has the world on his shoulders.

 

[Micklebot]

even the 2nd goal.

what was it like a drop pass one timer from the bottom of the circle 7 feet out?

that goal was on the team too not linus.

That's a save he needs to make. It was certainly a bad change that created the chance, but there was no lateral movement of the puck, there was no screen, it's a save you need to make, and it went through him.

As for 7 feet out, no idea where you get that number from, the shot came from about 2 feet behind the face-off dot and maybe 4 feet inwards even being generous with the release point. The faceoff circle itself has a radius of 15 feet, so you're looking at closer to being 20 feet out from the goalie, who was at the top of the crease so 4-6 feet out from the goal line.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

That's a save he needs to make. It was certainly a bad change that created the chance, but there was no lateral movement of the puck, there was no screen, it's a save you need to make, and it went through him.

As for 7 feet out, no idea where you get that number from, the shot came from about 2 feet behind the face-off dot and maybe 4 feet inwards even being generous with the release point. The faceoff circle itself has a radius of 15 feet, so you're looking at closer to being 20 feet out from the goalie, who was at the top of the crease so 4-6 feet out from the goal line.

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I've tried to watch that about 10 times over. Are we sure Zub's stick didn't make contact and change direction?

 

[Micklebot]

I've tried to watch that about 10 times over. Are we sure Zub's stick didn't make contact and change direction?

I suppose that's a possibility, not sure it justifies the goal since it's a positional save where there shouldn't be anywhere for the puck to go, but I guess that's an explanation

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

I suppose that's a possibility, not sure it justifies the goal since it's a positional save where there shouldn't be anywhere for the puck to go, but I guess that's an explanation

More a potential observation that may have been an additional factor, but fair it probably shouldn't make it through either way.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

That's a save he needs to make. It was certainly a bad change that created the chance, but there was no lateral movement of the puck, there was no screen, it's a save you need to make, and it went through him.

As for 7 feet out, no idea where you get that number from, the shot came from about 2 feet behind the face-off dot and maybe 4 feet inwards even being generous with the release point. The faceoff circle itself has a radius of 15 feet, so you're looking at closer to being 20 feet out from the goalie, who was at the top of the crease so 4-6 feet out from the goal line.

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i was just going off memory lol.


but i mean look at that frame, we have two vegas players double teaming one senators player. and yea not 7 feet out but still a dangerous location especially from a one time.

 

[Micklebot]

i was just going off memory lol.


but i mean look at that frame, we have two vegas players double teaming one senators player. and yea not 7 feet out but still a dangerous location especially from a one time.

The one timer element isn't really a factor here, one timers are problematic because the goalie is typically moving side to side when making the save, that isn't the case here, it's just opening up the shooter and getting Zub out of the equation.

It was a bad goal no matter how you slice it, I thought he overall had a strong game, but that goal was on him.