Triumph
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You don't have to go back five years. Three seasons ago when Cory became the starter for this team they were still one of the best shot suppression squads in the NHL. And Cory still sucked at protecting third period leads then.
Because a huge portion of the 3rd period leads he had to protect were 1 goal leads. Schneider is 2nd to last in 5 on 5 GF/60 with a lead. So basically the Devils are worse than just about any other team at scoring with a lead at evens, which makes sense because they're bad at scoring any other time at evens too.
I don't really understand why people become so defensive when talking about Cory. I don't think anyone is saying his overall play is bad or that he he not a good goalie. But there is a disturbing trend of him being incapable of stepping up when the team needs him most. When this team gets around to making the playoffs again, I don't trust him to be the kind of player that is going to shine when the stakes are at their highest.
Schneider is a .920 goalie 5 on 5 when protecting leads as a Devil. This actually isn't great, so you guys aren't seeing things - it's around middle of the pack. Here's two goalies who are worse: Jonathan Quick and Corey Crawford. Schneider has only played 2800 5 on 5 mintues when leading over 4 years, which is the equivalent of 47 games - that's not a whole lot of time when you're talking about goaltending.