Yup, this has literally been said publicly by AV like 15 times over the past couple weeks.It's not a trust issue.
They've said it a billion times already.
It's because the schedule for the past few weeks has been incredibly lenient and allowed the team to play Hank more. It's starting to pick up and we're getting some more B2Bs soon, so they'll be using Pavelec more.
How's this for a stat:
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Henrik Lundqvist needs 30 saves to become the 15th goalie in NHL history with 20,000 saves. He will have the fewest goals allowed (currently 1,746) among goalies with 20,000 saves. Currently, it's Jacques Plante (20,865 saves, 1,960 goals allowed).
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Henrik Lundqvist needs 30 saves to become the 15th goalie in NHL history with 20,000 saves. He will have the fewest goals allowed (currently 1,746) among goalies with 20,000 saves. Currently, it's Jacques Plante (20,865 saves, 1,960 goals allowed).
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Henrik Lundqvist needs 30 saves to become the 15th goalie in NHL history with 20,000 saves. He will have the fewest goals allowed (currently 1,746) among goalies with 20,000 saves. Currently, it's Jacques Plante (20,865 saves, 1,960 goals allowed).
Steve Valliquette said it best, Hank is different. He needs to play a lot to be sharp, he needs to be playing all the time. It's just the way it is that's how you get the best out of himAs great as Hank has been, we need to get Pavelec in some games. Hank playing 70+ games at 36 is a horrendous thought.
It's not a secret that the team usually plays some Benny Hill hockey in october either. And usually quite lackluster hockey in november, while falling back to bad hockey in december. It's usually in january onwards they actually start to look like a legit team. The number of bad games from the skaters have outweighed the good games in the first half of the season, as usual.Hank has statistically always had his worst play in October. Like, it's factually proven to be true.
It's not a secret that the team usually plays some Benny Hill hockey in october either. And usually quite lackluster hockey in november, while falling back to bad hockey in december. It's usually in january onwards they actually start to look like a legit team. The number of bad games from the skaters have outweighed the good games in the first half of the season, as usual.
They've had one good stretch this season. That's it.
Well, that's the thing. Hank is slow to the start of the season, which is in synergy with the team being quite bad for the first half of the season. Then Hank picks up his game, keeps the team competitive for the first half of the season until they finally start playing some legit hockey.Henrik wasn't very good in October either--just saying--because it's true and last year wasn't great for him. Since October this year he's been on top of it---the save% says a lot--just that he's got it to where it is after a poor start---there is no doubt that he's giving his team a chance to win every single night and he has been our best player. There have been no weak goals for a long while. Credit where and when it's due. He's earning his $8.5. I wish Nash would do more for his $7.8.
To go further though--the Rangers are going to have a lot more road games than home games in the second half. They have their work cut out for them.
Hank has been on fire lately.