Sergei Bobrovsky is now a HHOF lock

[BlueSeal]

Well that's just not true.

Maybe not, but the theory makes a lot of sense given how the Cats have pretty much laid down and died after Game 3.

 

[archangel2]

if he wins the cup and the conn smythe the answer is yes. If it just based upon his two vezinas that he is not a slam dunk

 

[syz]

The Oilers still haven't had more chances in a game than they had in game 1, where Bob stopped everything. Even their 8-1 win they put up fewer HDCF.

Maybe Bob just emptied the tank in those first 3 games, idk.

 

[RMF5630]

Finals appearances won't mean a thing for whether Bobrovsky makes it into the HHOF. He needs to actually win a cup.

What's good for him though is that I think the Panthers are the favorite at this point.

Finals mean nothing if you are giving up 20 goals in 3 the games, getting pulled and choke away a 3 game lead. This Final will be a negative if he loses tomorrow.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Better goalies haven't made the HHOF. Unless they start judging goalies differently he won´t make it.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Winning a cup = definite HHOF. He doesn't need a CS.

Losing=Probable HHOF

 

[koyvoo]

 

[Empoleon8771]

Finals mean nothing if you are giving up 20 goals in 3 the games, getting pulled and choke away a 3 game lead. This Final will be a negative if he loses tomorrow.

Well he didn't so that's good for him.

As much of a mess as it was for Florida to blow a 3-0 series lead, no one is going to remember that since they won.

 

[CashMash]

I apologize, Bob.

I thought you were done, but you made so many clutch saves today even with some timely blocks from teammates.

HHOF

 

[ViD]

Just like this series will cement McDavid's legacy if the Oilers can win it, I also think it will cement Bobrovsky's legacy as a loser if he blows this series. I think this would be an absolute black eye on his career, and anytime he's brought up after his career for a potential HOF vote, all people will think was "wasn't he the goalie who choked away a 3-0 lead in the cup finals?".

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

They've won as much the last 2 years despite Bob, not because of him

 

[Empoleon8771]

Yeah he ended up winning it, great for him.

It still would have cemented his legacy had he lost it after his performances in games 4-6.

 

[FinlandPanther]

Do they put Choker like hfboards said or Bobrovsky?

I apologize, Bob.

I thought you were done, but you made so many clutch saves today even with some timely blocks from teammates.

HHOF

The skinner special baby!!!

 

[MadLuke]

Better goalies haven't made the HHOF. Unless they start judging goalies differently he won´t make it.

Barrasso, Mike Vernon getting in seem to show an openness to not limit it to the Luongo-Lundvist-Belfour and above type anymore for modern goaltender, specially if they won the cup. Cujo could get in now.

4 goaltender got in the last 2 years, is it not as strict than the only Billy Smith (1993), Fuhr(2003), Roy (2006), Belfour (2011), Hasek(2014), Vachon (2016 had to wait 31 years), Brodeur (2018), where it felt until 2022 a bit legend only, better have been an hart finalist or Smythe winner....

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

Bobrovsky needed to play four great games in the Finals. He played four great games in the Finals.

 

[RMF5630]

Barrasso, Mike Vernon getting in seem to show an openness to not limit it to the Luongo-Lundvist-Belfour and above type anymore for modern goaltender, specially if they won the cup. Cujo could get in now.

4 goaltender got in the last 2 years, is it not as strict than the only Billy Smith (1993), Fuhr(2003), Roy (2006), Belfour (2011), Hasek(2014), Vachon (2016 had to wait 31 years), Brodeur (2018), where it felt until 2022 a bit legend only, better have been an hart finalist or Smythe winner....

Don't see Bob as HOF goalie. Too much of his career has been an also ran. But he now has a cup, so he will be marketed as greatest ever. That is the way it goes down now..

 

[Khrox]

Finals appearances won't mean a thing for whether Bobrovsky makes it into the HHOF. He needs to actually win a cup.

Well, lucky for him, he won the cup.

 

[Ulysses31]

in my books, cup goes a long way for HHOF for a good to great player

 

[Caroline Says ll]

A great playoff run as the starter, within the realm of Conn Smythe, Stanley Cup Winner, Two Vezinas. Absolute guaranteed now.

 

[cowboy82nd]

They've won as much the last 2 years despite Bob, not because of him

That's funny because we were told if it wasn't for our hot goalie Bob, we wouldn't have made it to the finals last year. People can't make up their minds.

 

[Jussi]

Nah, he's too reckless for the HOF.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

He will make the HHOF, he was vintage Bob last night. Buckled up when his team needed him to.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Congrats to Hall of Fame LOCK, Bobrovsky. Gotta be happy for him, one of the really good guys of the game.

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

He'll be in one day. Back-to-back finals appearances, Two Vezinas, a Stanley Cup, etc. Not many goalies have that resume.

 

[innitfam]

In all likelihood he will move into the top-10 all time in goalie wins next year. Pretty good chance he passes Lundqvist in wins with the next 2 seasons remaining on his contract and could potentially pass Belfour/Luongo and maybe even crack 500 wins if he signs a new contract and plays 2 more years after that (although 500 wins would seem like it would take a 5th season).

This assumes playing on a good team, in a starter or 1B role and little to no trouble with injuries.