Bobrovsky Save of the Year

[Nicko999]

Absolutely unreal!

The only better save I've seen in the last 20 years is Sebastien Caron's.

 

[eviohh26]

More luck than anything else.

Most desperate saves are. Doesn't take away how great of a save it was.

 

[Roksta]

Saltyyyyyyyyyyyy in here

Chapeau Bob, chapeau!

 

[Cashville]

"You're back on the force Bobrovsky!"

 

[syz]

 

[GeeoffBrown]

Amazing wow!

 

[Ajex12x]

Imagine this every night, then you'll have a glimpse at how good Hasek was when he was on.

 

[KCC]

Would have been better if he caught it. Still nice though.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Finally a save that warrants the announcer screaming

 

[karhukissa]

One of the best saves i've ever seen.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

sooooo sick

 

[Buck Naked]

Just waiting for @34 to come in and say that Matthews also would have made that save because he's the best goalscorer in the league.

 

[Strangle]

Wow I’ve never seen a f***ing save like that!

What a killer Bob is

 

[MrRuin]

Well, it worked but along the ice was free. Hasek would instead have cartwheeled on his back with his blocker arm tightly against the ice to cover the option along the ice while hopefully covering the upper parts of the net with his pads, which is really the best thing to do here.

This one looked good because by luck the opponent happened to hit the one part of the net he covered with his arm, but he seriously didn't cover a lot. I'm not a fan of calling saves where the opponent luckily hits just the one part he covers as incredible saves, even if they happen to work out. Especially in situations like this, where along the ice would be a free goal as it's completely uncovered, because by default, shooting the puck along the ice should be trivial.

In short, not save of the year for me, but I can see why people find it impressive. I'm not fond of results-based evaluation.

However this save doesn’t exist in a vacuum. I am generally also not a fan of „luck“ based saves being labelled as SOTY, but in this case it’s a sequence of three saves in a row with heavy movement involved. You could argue that he made a mistake on the second save where he moved awkwardly and was totally out of balance to make that last save look so spectacular.

But here‘s the thing: the way he moves his body back into any position to even attempt that third save is what makes this save special. Strength, edge work and determination is what makes this a thing of beauty and sheer skill. The actual save is just the cherry on top.

As a beer league goalie myself I appreciate how he made the impossible possible.

 

[Satan]

this is the save of life - this the kinda shit that can cure cancer

 

[missionAvs]

Man I was watching this game before the Avs started last evening. What a save. That's the save of Bobs career. Save of the century.

 

[Joe MacMillan]

A degree of luck? It was pure luck, beyond covering around 3% of the net.

The lengths people go to discredit an incredible save. If it was pure luck, he wouldn't have even tried to make a save and the puck would've just hit him. Clearly that was not what happened, and clearly he covered more than 3 percent of the net by diving in front of the shot.

 

[Tofveve]

That was bananas. Is Bobrovsky AI?

 

[archangel2]

An absolutely incredible save by Bobrovsky to keep the game ties at 2.

Real Speed



Slo Mo

we have has similar saves this year. Sheep just have no memory

 

[Cats2TheCup]

A degree of luck? It was pure luck, beyond covering around 3% of the net.

Goalies know that the center of the net is likely where a shooter would put the puck on an open net.

If the odds were the shooter would slide it in, Bob would have gone for the save down there too.

He’s a ten million dollar goalie. You are just ignorant.

 

[Breaded Fox]

As good as it gets

 

[Puckstop40]

That’s actually one of the best saves I’ve ever seen.

 

[TheOrganist]

Just watched the highlights. Incredible.

 

[Devilsfan118]

I can't believe people are trying to write this off because it was lucky.

Newsflash: All "SOY" candidates require luck to some degree. The fact he was able to stop it at all is what makes it incredible.

Let folks enjoy this.

 

[Hunter368]

Certainly one of the best I've seen in several years, insane save.