Will Fucale be the next World Junior Fleury?

[bert]

The correct answer. Bravo sir.

The D went all Harlem Globetrotters/Keystone Cops midway through the second.

What happened to making the safe, smart play?!

Nurse will fit right in with the Oilers. Million dollar talent; 10 cent brain.

This, his pinch in a 5 to 1 game against Slovakia with 5 minutes to go is more proof of this. He is Hollywood out there gonna get embarrassed at the NHL level with selfish plays like that. He was good in the third but you cant flip a switch all the time.

The thread starter clearly has an agenda, wanting saves on plays where pucks go off your own collapsing D men is like wanting goals to go in from shots from the red line.

 

[Reign Nateo]

People in Canada often say "We don't need him to be great, we just need him to be good". Fucale was good and didn't throw away the game for Canada. Gold medal. 'nuff said.

Pretty much this. He wasn't overly sharp, but he did enough to secure the win. And that's what they needed him to do. Glove hand is very weak though, needs a lot of work on that.

 

[optimus2861]

Mooseheads fan here, so I've seen Fucale probably more than most around here.

Fucale has definitely regressed since last year's playoffs. He was really good for the Moose during their Mem Cup run (yes, that was a very stacked team, but Portland gave them everything they could handle in the final), and solid last season up until the Val D'Or series. He just kind of .. lost it during that series. Plagued by bad goals, shaky confidence, what have you. He freely admitted as much in the offseason & Canadiens camp. He had a shaky start to this season then started to settle down and play some better hockey.

I really don't see how any of the goals last night were bad ones. Rocket shot off the post, two crease-crash scrambles, and a 2-on-1 that he just missed (stupid offensive zone play by Canada led directly to that situation). He locked things down in the third. Just like he tended to do for the Moose in '13.

He'll never be a top-10 NHL goalie, but I do think he's got NHL starter potential. He'll definitely need 2+ years in the AHL working on his game, particularly his rebounds & his glove side. He does have a very Price-like attitude in that he never gets fazed by any bad goals he allows. Just settles in for the next shot. That will serve him well.

I do hope he wins another Mem Cup this year, even if it with the Remparts.

 

[Ohashi_Jouzu*]

He does have a very Price-like attitude in that he never gets fazed by any bad goals he allows. Just settles in for the next shot. That will serve him well.

Especially when you're breaking in as a back-up (as he almost certainly will... like most everyone else), because a lot of the action you see comes on nights when things aren't going well for the team in front of you (and the starter gets pulled). Being able to bend without breaking and put goals behind you in these kinds of situations can earn you trust in the long run, and a higher chance of eventually getting more opportunities to show your stuff as a starter if you handle them well.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

Hopefully Fucale won't adopt Fluery's new found playoff SV%.

 

[PensBandwagonerNo272*]

If Fucale can become a Stanley Cup and Olympic gold winning, Vezina nominated goalie, I'd say he had a semi successful career.

****ing haters man, go do something else

 

[Canada4Gold]

If Fucale can become a Stanley Cup and Olympic gold winning, Vezina nominated goalie, I'd say he had a semi successful career.

****ing haters man, go do something else

title is "World Junior Fleury" so I bet he's talking about will Fucale blow the GMG like Fleury did by shooting the puck off a player into his own net.

Fucale didn't do this. So answer is no.

It has nothing to do with Fleury's NHL career, though some people might bring that up as some sort of bad thing when he's got a great resume.