Rank the CBJ goalies past and present
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FreeBoomer61
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Bobrovsky-No explanation really necessary.
Mason-As bad as the majority of his years were, the guy willed a team with Manny Malhotra as the 1st line center to the playoffs. More impressive than Bob's Vezina
Denis-Decent goalie on some awful teams
Leclaire-Had a great year but I feel like his walking injury status shot the team in the foot a few years.
Tugnutt-Short tenure as starter drops him for me.
Norrena-First goalie to have a winning record as a Jacket. Shame it ended so poorly.
Garon-Good backup for a starter who didn't have it together.
Sanford-Liked his name, did really well as a starter for a team that was out of it by Halloween.
McElhinney-Kept the team in the hunt when a Vezina trophy winner went down.
Conklin-Provided DSL's signature quote.
Dubielewicz-Warmed that bench really well.
LaCosta-Came up big during a period when Mason was down. Owns some of the highest Career S% in history.
Boucher-Here's where it gets terrible. Never even owned a CBJ mask.
McKenna-See LaCosta to a lesser extent
Labbe-Effective as opening that gate
York-See Sanford to a lesser extent. Remember that great Detroit game.
Popperle-Nothing memorable
Hunwick-Rudy
LeNeveu-So forgettable, the OP forgot to list him.
Braithwaite/Prusek (Tie)-Nothing redeemable about these two, so bad they ended up being mercy re-assigned to Syracuse.
Bonus:
Mark Dekanich-The horribly misplaced hype by certain posters knocked me off the Howson bandwagon for a few months.
Mason-As bad as the majority of his years were, the guy willed a team with Manny Malhotra as the 1st line center to the playoffs. More impressive than Bob's Vezina
Denis-Decent goalie on some awful teams
Leclaire-Had a great year but I feel like his walking injury status shot the team in the foot a few years.
Tugnutt-Short tenure as starter drops him for me.
Norrena-First goalie to have a winning record as a Jacket. Shame it ended so poorly.
Garon-Good backup for a starter who didn't have it together.
Sanford-Liked his name, did really well as a starter for a team that was out of it by Halloween.
McElhinney-Kept the team in the hunt when a Vezina trophy winner went down.
Conklin-Provided DSL's signature quote.
Dubielewicz-Warmed that bench really well.
LaCosta-Came up big during a period when Mason was down. Owns some of the highest Career S% in history.
Boucher-Here's where it gets terrible. Never even owned a CBJ mask.
McKenna-See LaCosta to a lesser extent
Labbe-Effective as opening that gate
York-See Sanford to a lesser extent. Remember that great Detroit game.
Popperle-Nothing memorable
Hunwick-Rudy
LeNeveu-So forgettable, the OP forgot to list him.
Braithwaite/Prusek (Tie)-Nothing redeemable about these two, so bad they ended up being mercy re-assigned to Syracuse.
Bonus:
Mark Dekanich-The horribly misplaced hype by certain posters knocked me off the Howson bandwagon for a few months.
Double-Shift Lasse
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Sore Loser
Sorest of them all
For the most part I agree with this ... with the exception of Braithwaite/Prusek. I'd put those guys up a few spots, around Lacosta.
Don't forget that Dwayne Roloson was also a Jacket for about 5 minutes before telling Doug MacLean to eff off.
Roloson is also probably one of the biggest ****ers in NHL history. All I remember about Prusek was his downright nasty paddle save.
CBJWerenski8
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This was before I became a hardcore fan. Could someone tell me this story and the Norrena breakup that was so messy?
brianhatesu
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Dwayne Roloson issue was that he didn't want to play for an expansion team. From What I remember, Norrena's problem was that he was the odd man out. Mason was called up and playing well, and Lecaire was playing pretty good (when healthy).
Shawn Hunwick did play for a whole 5 minutes and posted a shutout :
Actually Hunwick played I think in 2 games. The first game he used his Michigan Wolverine goalie mask and the second game, they painted it solid white.
Mayor Bee
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Roloson's problem was that he was 31, a career AHLer, and no real NHL future at any point. He said he didn't want to play for an expansion team, so he signed an AHL contract with Worcester for a year.
He then took a contract offer....from Minnesota, an expansion team that had Lubomir Sekeras, Brad Bombardir, and Ladislav Benysek playing huge minutes.
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Haha I was at that game. My sole point was to suggest his one glorious highlight should bump him up your list is all.
I can only do eight. Between this and the XGMDM transaction thread, it's evident why this franchise has stunk up the joint until recently.
1. Sergei Bobrovski
2. Ron Tugnutt
3. Pascal Leclaire
3. Steve Mason (tie)
5. Marc Denis (tie)
6. Curtis Sanford
7. Curtis McElhinney
8. Mathieu Garon
1. Sergei Bobrovski
2. Ron Tugnutt
3. Pascal Leclaire
3. Steve Mason (tie)
5. Marc Denis (tie)
6. Curtis Sanford
7. Curtis McElhinney
8. Mathieu Garon
Sore Loser
Sorest of them all
If I had a nickel for every time the Kings thumped us like that over the years, I'd have about $2.00
Tough to lay the blame on Prusek ... though he was clearly involved. The first CBJ game I ever went to was against the Kings (the second game in franchise history) ... we lost 7-1. The starting goaltender? Ron Tugnutt.
dru
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Arturs Irbe, oh what could have been. Still sour I never got to see him play for us.
Dude was magical in 2002.
Dude was magical in 2002.
Nanabijou
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I don't know, it seems to me that with the exception of Mason's head-case issues during his post-Calder pre-Bob tenure, goaltending has been the least of the Jackets' problems during the history of the franchise.
The top 3 are easy:
1. Sergei Bob
2. Mase - Mason
3. "Pazzy" LeClaire
Pazzy was quite good when he played. But injuries cut his time and his potential.
The rarely used Popperle was acutally quite good in the few games he played with us--and then moved on to a career in Europe.
1. Sergei Bob
2. Mase - Mason
3. "Pazzy" LeClaire
Pazzy was quite good when he played. But injuries cut his time and his potential.
The rarely used Popperle was acutally quite good in the few games he played with us--and then moved on to a career in Europe.
Ahhh, Marc Denis' pads, I had a pair of those when I was in middle school/freshman and they were awesome
they were my first flatfaced pads..ah the memories..But on topic I feel like Bobrovsky has had way better saves then those in the last few seasons.
Are we trying to depress ourselves?
Bob then who cares. Sure Tugger was great for our franchise in the early days and Mason gave us a playoff round. But other than that, not a lot to get excited about.
Bob then who cares. Sure Tugger was great for our franchise in the early days and Mason gave us a playoff round. But other than that, not a lot to get excited about.
WannabeFinn
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While everything that you've said is correct, I'd say that is a pessimistic viewpoint. Why not be optimistic about the fact that the best goalie we've had in our franchise's history only just turned 26 years old and has already won a Vezina + taken us to the playoffs?
This is about the history of our franchise. I commented on Bob. Have no idea where you were going with this. I didn't state what I thought of our situation moving forward, therefore you critique is completely meaningless. The depression comment was on the history, not the current state. Should have been obvious if it wasn't to you. I have no idea what assumptions were going around up in the head of yours. Whatever they are seem to be dead wrong. If you got from my post that I thought the future was a depressing thought, that is a total lack of critical thinking on your part.
But thanks for playing. Perhaps next time you should ask my opinion on a topic, in this case Bob and the future, before you write things like this.
Oh, I will make one more statement. That Vezina is meaningless (not to Bob or his agent, but to me personally). It has, in my mind, an asterisk. Call me again when he's won it during a full season. Half a season a real Vezina does not make. That has no reflection on what kind of player I think he is or what I think he'll be long term. It is a statement that I think using his Vezina is disingenuous. I think Bob is a great goalie, but he is not in the class of the elite in this league. Not yet.
Forget it; I'll give you my thoughts, even though it isn't the point of this thread. Bob is ranked number 1 - the rest? Who the hell cares. He's not consistent enough, yet, for serious Vezina consideration. He could easily turn that around at any time. I'm waiting on it. He is one of the hardest working goaltenders out there and he has the tools. It is up to him to put it all together and move from great goaltender to elite. Until he can pull that together for a year, I hate spending the money on him we are going to. It could leave us very vulnerable for years. Sure we can make the playoffs, and if the team gets good enough it will hid Bob's small short comings. But it could impact our playoff seeding and thus affecting our runs in the playoffs. He's a great teammate and seems to be a great guy. I want him to become a future HoF'er here in Columbus. I hope he can get to that next level.
I do not find Bob's Vezina to be without meaning, he was awarded it for being the best goalie of that partcular season. He had no advantage over anyone else, that season, they all had the opportunity to play the same number of games. I agree, though, that his award does not convey the same meaning as a full season Vezina does, since excellence over that longer time is more difficult to sustain. His ability to play to that level, consistently and over a full season, has not yet been proven, but I share your hope that it will.
