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Embrace the tank
- May 28, 2007
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If you look at the quality of teams, Shesterkin has beaten teams that are on par with NHL teams as well as on par with SKA, including beating CSKA 3 times. Huska is playing against teams that would never be able to hold up in the NHL, KHL or even the AHL.
Citing that he dominated the USHL is a joke because that is literally the lowest level Junior hockey where prospects play. Everything below is just for amateurs to have fun, not for kids who ever want to play pro.
Just as it's easy to look good playing on a great team, it's easy to look great on an awful team because people will let everything slide. If you're inconsistent and let in a few bad goals, people say you got tired because of the barrage of shots you faced. We all, including myself, gave that excuse to Huska. But whether that holds up and he doesn't give up bad goals if Slovakia didn't suck, we do not know.
It is not comparable to be a KHL All Star vs NCAA goalie with a 2.67 GAA, higher than the other goalie on the same team in a similar number of games. 95% of the players Shesterkin faces in any game are better than the best player on any NCAA squad Huska faces.
Huska is taller than Shesterkin. That's it. Every other skill is advantage Shesterkin.
Citing that he dominated the USHL is a joke because that is literally the lowest level Junior hockey where prospects play. Everything below is just for amateurs to have fun, not for kids who ever want to play pro.
Just as it's easy to look good playing on a great team, it's easy to look great on an awful team because people will let everything slide. If you're inconsistent and let in a few bad goals, people say you got tired because of the barrage of shots you faced. We all, including myself, gave that excuse to Huska. But whether that holds up and he doesn't give up bad goals if Slovakia didn't suck, we do not know.
It is not comparable to be a KHL All Star vs NCAA goalie with a 2.67 GAA, higher than the other goalie on the same team in a similar number of games. 95% of the players Shesterkin faces in any game are better than the best player on any NCAA squad Huska faces.
Huska is taller than Shesterkin. That's it. Every other skill is advantage Shesterkin.