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According to Staples
Coaches held a 45-minute penalty kill meeting, now working on PK on ice.
According to Staples
Coaches held a 45-minute penalty kill meeting, now working on PK on ice.
yeah I'm well aware unfortunately. Just in response to the poster's pulse comment. I am serious about Howard though.Lack is probably the worst goaltender in the NHL. I assume you were kidding
I want Howard
GSAA | ES | PK | Other | Total |
Halak | +2 | -4 | -1 | -3 |
Greiss | -6 | -1 | -2 | -9 |
Following Staples' article, I took a closer look at Corsica. Halak has surprisingly strong ES numbers. Based on the advanced metrics, he is an upper-mid-tier NHL goalie prone for softies. His ES GSAA is +2.18, ES Sv%, mid- and high-danger ES Sv% are all in upper parts of the rankings. So, to answer the OP, we already have above-average goaltending from Halak. Kinda.
Then I looked at PK numbers. Wow ... I'm far from pinning down our PK issues on goaltending alone, but not seeing even one decent name in Halak's half of PK Sv% table makes you understand the meaning of "your best penalty killer is your goaltender".
Meanwhile, Greiss having ES GSAA of -5.78 costs us an even strength goal above replacement every 2-3 games. The rough breakdown looks like this:
Average goaltending would trim 12 goals from our total and put us right in the middle of the league (would be tied with the Jets and Rangers for 14 in GA).[TBODY] [/TBODY]
GSAA ES PK Other Total Halak +2 -4 -1 -3 Greiss -6 -1 -2 -9
It’s not his faultFYI, Greiss has the worst GAA among any and all Goalies to touch the ice this season.
Don’t forget to waive Chimera. He’s a waste of a jersey.Send down Beau and JHS. Bring up Bernier and Gionta. Will improve the TEAM defense. I can't watch JHS and his turnovers anymore.
Too many soft goals - at some point these guys need to make a save or two to bail out some poor plays in the defensive zoneIt’s not his fault
The problem is when you play good teams the defensive problem are your top two lines, just look at the last couple games second line is combined for -11 and like a total 7-8 shots on net, easy to play offense when you never have to worry about about giving two on one, now many of them did they give up last night.In terms of team defense, I think that the top 2 lines have enough offense between them that we can afford to go two checking lines if we wanted to improve the overall defense.
I know most teams are running more offensive lines but most teams don't have our top 2 so..
I've seen this mentioned before and I really find it hard to believe a goaltending coach can have such an immediate and extreme impact. Is there any precedent of this happening to any other team? I think it's more likely that they're both mediocre goalies who are simply having a rough patch at the same time. Trade for a clear upgrade or try to wait it out, trying to bring in other random marginal goalies (who may be playing well at the moment) will just cause the same thing happen eventually.I want to think they both get better because this doesn't make sense. These are by far Greiss' worst numbers and among the worst for Halak. It seems silly, but one thing that has changed since last season has been their goaltending coach, and it's worth noting that this is Fred Brathwaite's first NHL coaching gig. Who knows, I'd never think a goaltending coach could tank a goaltender's numbers like this.
What do we think of this?
Braun and Dell for Nelson, Halak or Greiss, Aho and our 2019 #1
No idea, honestly. It's possible though. If you have a routine that works with your previous coach and the next one switches it up, you could def falter a bit.I've seen this mentioned before and I really find it hard to believe a goaltending coach can have such an immediate and extreme impact. Is there any precedent of this happening to any other team? I think it's more likely that they're both mediocre goalies who are simply having a rough patch at the same time. Trade for a clear upgrade or try to wait it out, trying to bring in other random marginal goalies (who may be playing well at the moment) will just cause the same thing happen eventually.