This,
Even before this game if it wasnt for bob going god mode in game 1 this series wouldve ended with mcdavid lifting the cup in edmonton
Sv% imo doesnt mean much cause we didnt allow too many shots, but the ones we would give up were some grade AAA chances, breakaways, 2 on 1s etc
skinner had a game where he was like .975% or something, and their #s were close, but who are you taking? Noones taking f***ing skinner.
Bobs #s have been in the drain since tampa cause wed limit them to like 15 shots but theyd get 2 goals off the powerplay and a 5 on 3. I think 16 games he gave up 2 or less goals, had like one of the best 3 game start in the SCF in history, 2 shutouts, one against a presidents winning team and one in the finals. Every series clincher he only gave up 1 goal.
Look at what this team looked like when bob has been average, completely collapses. It sucks cause i think he got hurt when nurse and/or montour hit him and it took him a bit to get back into form, and that lapse destroyed what was a CS worthy run.
Kuemper wasnt as bad as they say, but he suffered an eye injury and had to be sheltered hard by honestly one of the best cup winning teams in history. We left bob out to dry a lot, as much as we got better defensively, bob bailed us out A LOT.
As soon as i saw McDavid beat gretzkys record i knew whod they go with. I cant say it was a robbery, but i feel like since McDavid really only had 2 good games, while bob had 4 good games, but was punished for having a bad 3 game stretch (which the whole ass team was bad too).
Even in totality you could say bob was our best player this run, you could say igor or swayman outplayed him at times, but bob still allowed less, and won. Id rather take a .900 sv% 2 GAA vs .93/.95 sv% 3 GAA.
That said part of me doesnt give a f*** cause we f***ing WON
