Unholy goalie
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- Jul 11, 2011
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I didn't see the Mtl game you saw. I saw Helle be amazing and be abandoned by his team. He let in 4 when most would have let in 10.
I think you're right to an extent that things beyond Helle's control led to more goals against (we can throw reffing into it as well), but there were many elements to his game that night that were less than inspiring. The first Shaw goal and the Plekanec goal he was too deep in his net (and not totally square), and on the Petry goal he was too busy tripping Danault and didn't track the puck properly. Don't get me wrong, Helle also made some great high danger saves that kept the Jets in the game, but just because it could have been worse doesn't make his performance better than it was. I'm also not saying it was a bad game by Helle.. I mean, he got peppered with 50 shots and was hung out to dry a few times... but I think overconfidence for both Helle and the team started to creep in and focus dropped from the Dallas game through the Montreal game. Remember, the Jets were up 4-2 in the third against MTL. I feel like had Mason been in net, the team would have been a bit sharper and we would have had a goalie in net who was much more focused on proving himself.
At the end of the day, Helle let in 5 goals and he had a pretty average game (by league-wide standards).