Swayman vs Oettinger for the next 8 years?

[SeanMoneyHands]

Who do you take for the next 8 years? Same contract, same cap hit.

Oetter at 8.25 per
Swayman at 8.25 per

 

[Hockey2Hockey]

Oetter AINEC

 

[La Bamba]

Another fellow 2017 draftee, Stuart Skinner

For real though, Oettinger. I think of Swayman as a tandem goalie that's benefited from good defensive systems in the past

 

[Summer Rose]

Another fellow 2017 draftee, Stuart Skinner

For real though, Oettinger. I think of Swayman as a tandem goalie that's benefited from good defensive systems in the past

Pretty much my thoughts too.

Oettinger may have just had a WCF performance that wasn't that great, but I like his chances to rebound better than I like Swayman (especially at the cost of Swayman's contract).

 

[jetsforever]

Definitely Oettinger

 

[account deactivated]

Neither should be paid that much.

 

[Canovin]

Swayman. He reminds me of Carey Price.

 

[biturbo19]

I'd probably lean Swayman, but that's really just based on a gut feeling where it seems like when Otter is "off", he tends to be really off. There are some absolute stinkers that get by him at times too. Oettinger is probably the smarter play though on the whole body of work. Especially since Swayman just turned in a pretty disappointing season that raises questions about whether he was just disrupted by all the contract holdout stuff, or whether he was previously just propped up a bit by a very strong team and system in front of him. But i'd still kind of lean Swayman, even if it's not really that founded.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

For the postseason? Not otter.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

For the postseason? Not otter.

Yeah who would want a 26 year old goalie with 32 career playoff wins and a .913 save percentage in the playoffs?

 

[Legend123]

Neither, as a Habs fan, I hope those days of paying millions to a goalie are over.

 

[Fatass]

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Yeah who would want a 26 year old goalie with 32 career playoff wins and a .913 save percentage in the playoffs?

probably the devils.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

probably the devils.

Most playoff teams would love to have a goalie like him.

I guess that explains why the rangers wouldn't be interested.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Most playoff teams would love to have a goalie like him.

I guess that explains why the rangers wouldn't be interested.

No we have a good playoff goalie, you guys should trade for otter though.

 

[Hockey2Hockey]

Swayman. He reminds me of Carey Price.

This a joke or serious?

I can't tell from text.

 

[Canovin]

This a joke or serious?

I can't tell from text.

Swayman is a good goalie. One subpar season doesn't define him. He has the same tools as Price

 

[Trashpass]

Another fellow 2017 draftee, Stuart Skinner

For real though, Oettinger. I think of Swayman as a tandem goalie that's benefited from good defensive systems in the past

Comments like this is how I know people watch very little of said player. The main reason Boston finished so well in 23-24 was because of Swayman and Ullmark. It definitely wasn't because of some incredible defensive system. But really which goalie doesn't benefit from a good team? You think Oettenger would of carried the Bruins to the playoffs this year? Maybe an extra couple wins. Swayman was admittedly terrible this season but put him on Dallas and I doubt the Stars would of fell off much at all

 

[BKarchitect]

I think it’s close. Blaming Otter for the Stars “only” making the final four is absurd when he faced like a bazillion shots. Stuart Skinner is not a better goalie than Otter, large sample size, but a lot of goalie results are just when you get hot versus when you strong together a few bad games.

Swayman has had literally one bad or not amazing season in his hockey career spanning juniors, college and the pros…and after one poor year, people are like “I’m out”. That’s crazy. Especially with goalie variance. Now if it turns into 2-3 subpar years, I’m more open minded to thinking maybe he just lost it. But one bad year with the amount of variance involved with goalies? I think folks are being incredibly short-sighted.

I don’t think there’s a position that is more “reactionary” in terms of evals in modern professional sports than being an NHL goalie.

 

[JianYang]

Swayman. He reminds me of Carey Price.

Oettinger can look alot like carey price too. He makes it look ridiculously easy when he is on his game.

We will see with swayman. This was the first year that he actually had a heavier workload and it didn't go well. That could also be a result of the contract dispute though.

 

[biturbo19]

Oettinger can look alot like carey price too. He makes it look ridiculously easy when he is on his game.

We will see with swayman. This was the first year that he actually had a heavier workload and it didn't go well. That could also be a result of the contract dispute though.

Otter when he's on, definitely makes it look easy. Very calm and efficient. Just positions himself between the puck and the net, no real excess. But i don't think he moves in a way that is all that similar to Price. At least, in so much as...pretty much every younger goalie today is largely emulating what Price did as pretty much the epitome of that modern "Pro Fly" style or whatever, to some extent. He was textbook...but what made him even more special, was that he still had that insane athleticism and knack for improvisation when he needed it. Oettinger isn't nearly as smooth and fluid, even when he's totally dialed in. The movements are more sharp, abrupt, jagged.

Swayman...i do actually see a little bit of that more loose, fluid style. One movement flows right into the next...rather than stringing together a series of distinct independent movements.