Ontario Reign 21-22 Thread 2: Reigndrops keep falling on my head

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

lol

watch that and tell me again i'm exaggerating about villalta

 

[tny760]

wolanin abusing the boards after that bounce was f***in hilarious

 

[Choralone]

lol

watch that and tell me again i'm exaggerating about villalta

I like that way he looks around befuddled. Same head movements both times after the goals.

 

[mysterman2]

Look stats can only tell you so much but if you're on a favorite contender, 2nd in the division/3rd in the conference, and you can't even crack the top 31 goalies in any individual stat while being 3rd in the entire league with 28 wins...

I'll just say that matches what you can see when you watch him.

and note....this mirrored almost exactly his stats in JR. he was on a stacked team and did well in Wins but other metrics not on the radar. Thinking he will get better by osmosis is like thinking Kings power play is going to start kicking ass as an act of god.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

2-0 Ontario after the first. A win advances them to the second round.

 

[ZJames]

Thomas Hickey is back in the Kings organization? Wow, there's a blast from the past.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Now it’s a 2-2 game heading to the third.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Villalta looks so much like LaBarbera in net, just always appears uncoordinated.

 

[Reaper45]

Villalta looks so much like LaBarbera in net, just always appears uncoordinated.

Does he have a Metallica mask?

 

[ru4reals]

lol

watch that and tell me again i'm exaggerating about villalta

That second goal from that angle absolute trash. LOL.

 

[Mattias]

Villalta looks so much like LaBarbera in net, just always appears uncoordinated.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Tynan wins it in OT, and the Reign advance!

 

[bland]

Villalta was the 2nd star.

 

[Eagle Fang]

Only fair to recognize Villalta's successes too. Looks like he held the fort in a big game. Good on him.

 

[Jericho111091]

Sounded like he played a pretty darn good game

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Sleeping Dog]

Just watched the highlights. I can’t fault Villalta on either goal - a SH breakaway where he stopped the initial shot and a cross ice PP goal.

 

[lumbergh]

As Jonathan Quick might say, wins are the most important stat for a goalie. Somehow the Reign keep winning with Villalta in net.

 

[BigKing]

Thomas Hickey is assisting on playoff goals for the Kings AHL affiliate in the year 2022.

 

[kinghock]

As Jonathan Quick might say, wins are the most important stat for a goalie. Somehow the Reign keep winning with Villalta in net.

Somehow the Reign keep winning despite Villalta in net.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Thomas Hickey is assisting on playoff goals for the Kings AHL affiliate in the year 2022.

Too bad they couldn’t add Bud Holloway and Oscar Moller as playoff reinforcements.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Somehow the Reign keep winning despite Villalta in net.

It's this, not the other thing.

Only fair to recognize Villalta's successes too. Looks like he held the fort in a big game. Good on him.

Good for him and the Reign, but I'm talking about his body of work.

Any pro goalie can steal a game now and then, not that he even did that in game 2. It's the frequency of glaring errors that's going to find him in not even the AHL within years.

 

[Eagle Fang]

It's this, not the other thing.



Good for him and the Reign, but I'm talking about his body of work.

Any pro goalie can steal a game now and then, not that he even did that in game 2. It's the frequency of glaring errors that's going to find him in not even the AHL within years.

Don't get me wrong... I'm with you on the Villalta train 100%. Most of us who watch the team regularly know he's anything but reliable back there. I actually don't even know if he played well haha since I'm not subscribing to AHLTV just to watch the playoffs. Just thought I'd throw him a bone for not blowing the elimination game

 

[All The Kings Men]

TJ Tynan likes him. Good enough for me.

(I am very very biased)