Not really. Bulin has been playing well for most of the year but his defencemen keep letting him down.
Remember that game against Dallas a couple of weeks ago? The one where Potter ran over Bulin and gave Dallas a free goal?
How about the game against Anaheim a few days later where Anaheim scored on a 2 on 0 in the first period (which Bulin actually stopped before Potter put in the rebound) and on a breakaway in the third.
Fast forward to his last start against Colorado. Omark is day dreaming in front of the net while his man scores a goal from a foot outside the crease. Then Whitney allows Hejduk to skate right around him and essentially gives him a breakaway.
I honestly feel bad for Bulin. It's been this way for him since November.
This.
You can't evaluate our goalies with statistical means, there's just too many easy tap in goals given away by this team via it's defensive coverage, or lack thereof.
Khabi was horrible last season, even if the defence was also bad. You could tell that by watching. But this season to my eye he's been decent, he makes the saves you would expect save for some rare exceptions, makes a few you wouldn't, and the battle level has been up there.
Dubnyk, to my eye, playing behind the same defence, has been bad. His lateral movement is an issue still, his battle level to stay with the puck is hit or miss, and he's made too many bone headed mistakes of his own that caused goals against. I wouldn't flush him quite yet, but I do not see him as a #1 goalie next year, and I'm really uncomfortable with the notion he can be the defacto #1 in 2 years when Khabi is gone.
