Upgrade on Halak is needed

[Kovalev27]

 

[romba]

But HALAK lol

Stupid cliches like ‘a backup to steal games’, a backup who steals games is what we call a starter

 

[Kovalev27]

Halak stole a point is the actual truth. Made a couple point blank stops late in that game.

I cannot believe how bad this team continues to play in these games. After that first period we just decided to do nothing.

 

[Peltz]

Dude... he had a good game.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Rangers fans are so f***ing spoiled with goaltending that if you're not putting up a .935 save% you're garbage. How about the team in front of the goalie actually does something for once?

 

[rangersfansince08]

Rangers fans are so f***ing spoiled with goaltending that if you're not putting up a .935 save% you're garbage. How about the team in front of the goalie actually does something for once?

Right. Back up goaltenders all suck. You have to outscore their suckiness. We never do that. Blame the offense.

That 1.77 GSAE must bet better than almost every Igor game this season.

 

[RangerLifer]

Halak has NOTHING whatsoever to be ashamed of last night.

 

[Sayba]

The upgrade is called Igor Shesterkin, hopefully he plays 50-60 games.

 

[Deleted member 23124]

Rangers need a backup they can count on. Maybe they should just play Igor the rest of the way. No faith in Halak. Call up Garand.

If not for Halak, Rangers wouldn't have gotten a point last night -- they tried to give the game away in regulation numerous times.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

I truly don't know how any fan could watch last night's game and think Halak was the problem. He basically stole them a point. When your backup goalie plays that well, you need to win.

Not to mention they've only scored 4 goals total in support of him in the 4 games he's played. He sucked in the Columbus game but he played solid vs the Jet, Isles and Red Wings. He easily should be 2-2 at worst right now based on his play. His only real stinker was the Columbus game.

 

[Leonardo87]

When Halak broke his stick first thing in my mind was “ I feel you dude, not your fault”

I felt more bad for him than the team losing which they deserved to, but he stole a point for them, which was a common tale a lot last season with Shesty.

 

[Irishguy42]

Halak has been fine

 

[Hi ImHFNYR]

0-4? Thats meaningless without context. It's a tiny sample size. Applying context he's been what a backup should be. He's fine

 

[QJL]

We need a solution here. Halak was awful tonight.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

We need a solution here. Halak was awful tonight.

he gave up one bad goal, a terrible one. But only getting 2 against Anaheim is like getting shutout against anyone else. If you need your 37 year old backup to steal you a game against the worst team in the NHL, that means you suck.

 

[duhmetreE]

Charlie Lindgren was there. Cheaper. Better. Younger.

I don't know how Drury came up with $1.5M for Halak

 

[AKrangerfan]

.864 save percentage is not going to win you many games. I half expected Igor to come out for the third period. We need to move on from Halak. Zero wins in five games. You have to be able to at least win 20% of your games as a backup.
He is .883 for the season.

 

[NikC]

he gave up one bad goal, a terrible one. But only getting 2 against Anaheim is like getting shutout against anyone else. If you need your 37 year old backup to steal you a game against the worst team in the NHL, that means you suck.

i agree, but Halak is awful. getting competent backup is something that's beyond an original 6 franchise i suppose.

 

[RangersFan1994]

We need a solution here. Halak was awful tonight.

A reason Halak dones not have any wins. He is not that good anymore. Should have retired last year. He is in denial that he is still NHL level of goaltending.

 

[RangersFan1994]

How do the Rangers fix the backup issue

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

0 wins 0.881 Sv%

get this guy out of here ASAP and call up Domingue and let Garand play more in Hartford.

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

Dude... he had a good game.

3 bad goals is a good game?

 

[egelband]

3 bad goals is a good game?

Exactly. The Kulikov goal was horrendous and at least one of the other two should have been stopped.
There were some very good saves too. But all-in-all - in the same situation - Igor gives up one goal and a decent goalie gives up two. Not to say the rangers shouldn’t have scored more. But the difference in this one is clearly the goaltending.

 

[CLW]

Exactly. The Kulikov goal was horrendous and at least one of the other two should have been stopped.
There were some very good saves too. But all-in-all - in the same situation - Igor gives up one goal and a decent goalie gives up two. Not to say the rangers shouldn’t have scored more. But the difference in this one is clearly the goaltending.

The Kulikov goal was a huge stab in the back for the Rangers. You could see a lot of mojo go out of them being on a back to back and all and Anaheim getting belief that this game might actually be the ONE, their first regular win of the season.

Halak made some very nice saves later on but by then the damage was done.

 

[RangerBoy]

Drury can the space to carry three goalkeepers.