Hey man, much as we all shit on him he more than earned it tonight, especially that desperation save on Josi.
I didn’t love that first goal (bad rebound, bad recovery) but outside of that I thought he was fine. Overall I wasn’t overly thrilled with the effort tonight, they just seemed a tad sluggish. But hey they got the win.
Sluggish was an accurate descriptor. Even MacK looked a bit gassed in the 3rd.
Georgiev had been playing calmly and collected at the top of his crease of late. But tonight some of those panic vibes started to creep back in. His "save" on Josi in the 3rd was total desperation. The puck was visible and free under his outstretch pad and one of his defensemen managed to push it away first. Just after that play, he again got caught sprawling after being unable to plant his goalie skate and making a controlled push off to his glove side.
Still... he might be building some confidence. But honestly, overall, he's not a precision, disciplined, high technique goaltender. I really don't know what Bednar sees in him. Annunen is far more disciplined in the crease than George is.
What I wouldn't give to have a Saro's in the Avalanche net instead....
