f*** you Freddie Anderson

[ElmCityGuy]

I'm not putting all the blame on Freddie but I do believe it's time to move on from him. Seems he is more injury prone than most goalies. Every year he has been average at best in the playoffs and average will not be enough if you want a shot at winning the whole ball of wax.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Watch out Freddie, Svechhammer is coming to get you

 

[Canes]

Yep have a nice night(I'm sure you will, I'll go smoke a bowl go to sleep and get up for work. )

Just cause I don't have the free time you do to frolick these boards doesnt mean I'm less diehard, neither know less about the game, that much is to be sure. Thanks for demonstrating that .. bud.

I don’t even know why you’re coming hard at me. My post was a joke poking fun at OP for losing his shit and nothing in this thread I posted was harsh in any way. Are you even responding to the right post. Legit confused here.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I know you're not looking for input from Leafs fans,

Yet you decided it was a good idea to give it at this point in time when the team was just eliminated.

 

[Negan4Coach]

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Hate the rangers, not each other….

 

[Lempo]

Yet you decided it was a good idea to give it at this point in time when the team was just eliminated.

It's easier to get forgiven than permission.

 

[ER89]

You can take the player out of Toronto, but you can’t take the Toronto out of the player.

This exact line was written in my leaf text group lol.

Any interest in Sammy next boys?

 

[Identity404]

I was going to make fun of OP for misspelling Freddie’s last name, but I have it on good authority that Freddie was so embarrassed by his play, and feared OP’s threats that he decided to abandon his Nordic heritage, and assumed a new identity by changing the spelling of his last name.

 

[AD Skinner]

I was going to make fun of OP for misspelling Freddie’s last name, but I have it on good authority that Freddie was so embarrassed by his play, and feared OP’s threats that he decided to abandon his Nordic heritage, and assumed a new identity by changing the spelling of his last name.

He’s finally ready to assume his rightful place at the car dealership

 

[SoupNazi]

He’s finally ready to assume his rightful place at the car dealership

At this point, do we trust him to sell cars or just wash them?

 

[MinJaBen]

Not for this one game specifically, but the Freddy problem was not Freddy's fault, in my opinion. We've all known for a couple of years now that Freddy is not a true #1 that you put out there night after night after night and expect sustained success. He needs breaks, not just for physical recovery, but also for mental. We've been playing him that way in the regular season for most of the time he has been here alternating him with Raanta or Kooch. But for some reason, our coaching staff reverts to the 1980's during the playoffs and suddenly expect him to "be the man" and carry the team in a way they wouldn't do in the regular season. I don't get it. If they had a true #2 backing him up, maybe I could see it. But they have a #1b to his #1a and yet they won't do the alternations in the playoffs because.....reasons?

Rod doesn't number his lines, but he sure does number his goalies I guess.

 

[Lempo]

Yeah I mean his blood wasn't even circulating for the most of the last calendar year and we'll be here expecting heroics.

 

[Idiot Stick]

he got me as a fan from last years ECF
He played phenomenal that series, really thought he would get it together. First goal was bad, 2nd was kinda weird if he just gloved it a tad quicker. Goals 3 & 4 no goalie had a chance.

 

[Identity404]

At this point, do we trust him to sell cars or just wash them?

Yeah, I’d probably let him wash my car… I know he would at least be soft.

 

[Ole Gil]

I know you're not looking for input from Leafs fans, but the 2nd and 4th goals were vintage big game choking Andersen and it pissed me off to see. Really wanted to see the reverse sweep.

How would anyone know how Leafs goalies perform in the 2nd round?

 

[DaveG]

As an outsider, who was supposed to do better?

Kotchekov was good in the regular season but Andersen was better (in a shorter sample). He also did not win the game he got. Maybe he would have done better if he played more games, maybe not.
Raanta is likely done has a NHL/AHL goalie.
Martin was worse than Andersen/Kotchekov in the regular season and has been a 3rd goalie at best most of his career.
Perets wasn't great in the ECHL.

The one counterpoint I would have regarding Kochetkov as an option is that Freddy was shaky after game 5 in the Isles series (didn't really have any "A" games in that series) and on the short turnaround for game 2 I probably would have gone to Kooch after the game 1 loss. Biggest issue is that he hadn't really worked up to a #1 type workload by the playoffs, and when he wasn't exactly on his game vs the Isles I would have been quick to pull the trigger on going to the backup. Rod's a more old school guy though so I get why he didn't, I just disagree with it based off what I had watched in the prior series.

 

[Chrispy]

The one counterpoint I would have regarding Kochetkov as an option is that Freddy was shaky after game 5 in the Isles series (didn't really have any "A" games in that series) and on the short turnaround for game 2 I probably would have gone to Kooch after the game 1 loss. Biggest issue is that he hadn't really worked up to a #1 type workload by the playoffs, and when he wasn't exactly on his game vs the Isles I would have been quick to pull the trigger on going to the backup. Rod's a more old school guy though so I get why he didn't, I just disagree with it based off what I had watched in the prior series.

And while I understood continuing with Andersen after the 2 days off before game 3, the <48 hour turnaround for game 4 appeared to be the right time to use Kochetkov as well.

 

[AD Skinner]

Game 4 of the islanders series would have been a great time to give him a start. Hindsight is 20/20 and all but a home game with zero pressure to keep him warm and give Andersen a rest could have gone a long way

 

[VAcaniac]

I honestly have a hard time thinking of a single 5 bell save he made this series. And holy cow, he falls over more than a 70 year old grandmother.

He was so easily screened too, he couldn't track the puck for the life of him.

In retrospect, pretty impressive to go 6 with at kind of play.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

The right time to use Kotchetkov was either Game 3 or Game 4 against the Islanders. That was the low risk play to give your 1b some time to stay fresh.

If that happens, maybe he's more ready to be thrown into the fire Game 3 against the Rangers. Maybe the coaching staff is quicker to pull the plug on an obviously shaky Andersen.

 

[AD Skinner]

I honestly have a hard time thinking of a single 5 bell save he made this series. And holy cow, he falls over more than a 70 year old grandmother.

He was so easily screened too, he couldn't track the puck for the life of him.

In retrospect, pretty impressive to go 6 with at kind of play.

I think it was game 2 against the islanders he made a sweet glove save as he was falling backward. That only kinda serves to intensify your next point but I do remember at least that one great save

 

[whiskers]

he got me as a fan from last years ECF
He played phenomenal that series, really thought he would get it together. First goal was bad, 2nd was kinda weird if he just gloved it a tad quicker. Goals 3 & 4 no goalie had a chance.

I re watched each goal , maybe he couldn't have saved on the 4th goal , but at slow motion he looked at the pass and puck go in front , he stayed put im sure someone else would have slid same motion as the puck.
First goal , I yelled what you doing on the ground get up and then a goal , second goal jump hard on the puck its not a kitten , 3rd nice deflection no chance (wish he had someone who can do that)
But stop the blame on Freddie , we already knew how he is , Brindy is to blame , Russian vs Russian always , they always seems to try to best each other , Jarvis not on top line and wtf was Comptois playing when we had Lemieux , screwing with KK (stop trying he cannot play wing) , Brindy is a Stubborn MF

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I would've loved to just alternate the same way we did in the regular season going into the playoffs and see if someone takes the reins. The Islanders (and perhaps this is disrespectful) seemed like a safe enough team to do that against. Then, if someone starts to fade off, or if someone starts to go bonkers, you have a bit more info and/or rest going into Round 2.

That said, I didn't really hate the notion of going into the playoffs with Freddie as the starter, either. And he played great for the first half of Round 1 and it seemed like the right move at the time.

What I don't like is the insistence on going back to the well after it proved not to work. Freddie was off, plain and simple. I'm not putting the whole series on him, but he was off, and anyone who's saying he wasn't is being unserious. It's not like giving Pyotr a chance would've been an overt shot across the bow at Freddie or anything either, you've been alternating for the last 2-3 months and it was time to alternate again.

Pyotr deserved a chance to show more than he did this playoff run, and unfortunately I do put Game 6 more on Freddie than anyone else. Goals 1 and 2 were eminently savable goals that cracked the door open for the Rangers and they did the rest.

 

[Stickpucker]

How would anyone know how Leafs goalies perform in the 2nd round?

Damnnnnnn