Player Discussion Linus Ullmark (G)
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BonHoonLayneCornell
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It may not be the end of the world after all here, but they're basically 7 years running of not having an in house tender actually capable of winning games, with most actively contributing to losing a lot of them by being as bad as they were. It's been the achilles heel of the team throughout the whole rebuild, so hard to blame anyone for the doubt, especially when 2 of the in house options are Forsberg and Sogaard that have basically lost all faith from fans atm. This is a team where basically all the goaltenders other than Ullmark haven't just not been very good, they've actively shot the team in the foot.
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PoutineSp00nZ
Electricity is really just organized lightning.
Losing Ulmark is a huge blow, but this team has to prove that they can overcome some adversity before any of us can really believe in them, or themselves for that matter. This is as good a time as any.
If they can rally around whoever the f*** is in nets, and play at 500 till Ulmark comes back . .. could be a huge confidence boost for everyone.
The next stretch could potentially decide the season though. Its nice to have big games in January for a change.
If they can rally around whoever the f*** is in nets, and play at 500 till Ulmark comes back . .. could be a huge confidence boost for everyone.
The next stretch could potentially decide the season though. Its nice to have big games in January for a change.
I hope they’ve already sat down with Ullmark and told him he can’t go to this Four Nations tournament.
SpezDispenser
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I definitely share the sentiment, but of course i dont think we can do that. If he's injured hes not likely to play anyway. What if he just goes anyway, what are we going to do? All the players are taking a risk cause they want to do it. Just gotta cross our fingers and hope for the best i'd think.
NyQuil
Big F$&*in Q
We literally went out and got this guy for stretches of the season that we are in right now.
It’s beyond frustrating.
You can’t say “We didn’t make the playoffs because of our league worst goaltending” in one breath and then say “Well, the team should be able to win games facing adversity no matter who is in net” in the next.
We’ve tried that. Many times.
Anyway, just venting.
I guess it’s up to Travis Green now to make something of this.
Nac Mac Feegle
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There's also another problem on the horizon. If we do make the playoffs, we need a goalie that's capable of playing every second night for a few weeks (hopefully a month or two). If we need to put in a backup every second or third game of the playoffs, then we're in big trouble. We don't have a Ullmark/Swayman tandem here where you can toss in either one and be confident.
Whatever health issues he has, they really need to be fixed up asap.
Whatever health issues he has, they really need to be fixed up asap.
This is more of a
"Why can't we have nice things" situation
Has Ullmark won us some games? Sure. But I think sens fans have goaltending ptsd. Boston has had vezina calibre goaltending since Tim Thomas. Winnipeg for the entirety of Hellebuck's career. NYR has 2 vezinas. Tampa with Vas. Montreal has Price. The Bob has two. This is just in the past 15 years since the Thomas era. All those teams in the east except Winnipeg. Our competitors have great goaltending. It's a lot of the reason they make the playoffs and we don't.
We're so used to bad goaltending that when we get great goaltending the general fan base reaction is "We're only winning because of goaltending"
Great goaltending is a huge part of teams winning. Always has been.
We're too quick to discredit ourselves when we get on a roll.
