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He used to be very overrated around these here parts. I used to see multiple mentions of him every time there was a ''Who are the top-10 goalies in the league?''. Mostly by non-Sharks fans, who saw he played on a strong team, that's been in the playoffs every year he's been there and even the cup finals once (he played great that playoffs, I'll give him that) and think ''Well! The Sharks must have a star goalie then!''. They used to overrate Niemi for the same reasons when he was on the Sharks. I'm sure the fact he won the cup as a starter for another team also helped fuel that.Why would there be?
Hasn't had many great years in the last 5 or 6 (just last year), but hasn't had a bad season since the lockout shortened one (Price was bad that year, so was Luongo and James Reimer and Ray Emery were really good, if that tells you anything about how fluky that year was).Damn, no love for Quick.
Hasek had a league leading .920 save percentage in 95-96 when he had the 2.83 GAA. I can't find what the league average was that year, but Hasek still led the league in save percentage that year. The 95-96 Sabres were easily the worst team he ever played and GAA is a team stat.problem is your talking against nostalgia too.
People only remember the good plays and forget the struggles and inconsistencies are forgotten with time.
like Hasek's 2.83 GAA in '96, or Roy's brutal .894/3.20 '93 season
I was just thinking about this after a discussion I was having last night about whether or not Price is on track to be in the HOF. I don't feel that Price is quite on track to become an HOF goalie, but he's still only 31. I think the only active goalies that are probably in the HOF if they retired today are Lundqvist and Luongo, and I'm actually iffy on if they'll even put Luongo in. Fleury might get in if he gets to 500 wins.Holtby is the only active goalie with a Vezina and Stanley Cup. 2x post-season all star selection. 92% save percentage in regular season and playoffs.
He's the sport's best goalie and closer to being a HHOFer than you may think.
I agree that he is overrated. He plays for a team that plays a solid defensive system. Jones is nothing special.He used to be very overrated around these here parts. I used to see multiple mentions of him every time there was a ''Who are the top-10 goalies in the league?''. Mostly by non-Sharks fans, who saw he played on a strong team, that's been in the playoffs every year he's been there and even the cup finals once (he played great that playoffs, I'll give him that) and think ''Well! The Sharks must have a star goalie then!''. They used to overrate Niemi for the same reasons when he was on the Sharks. I'm sure the fact he won the cup as a starter for another team also helped fuel that.
Those guys were great goalies in their era but the position overall has improved drastically since then.problem is your talking against nostalgia too.
People only remember the good plays and forget the struggles and inconsistencies are forgotten with time.
like Hasek's 2.83 GAA in '96, or Roy's brutal .894/3.20 '93 season
Not sure if serious. Normally I can easily tell what is sarcasm and what is not, but there are some seriously stupid people on these forums, so sometimes it's hard to tell.problem is your talking against nostalgia too.
People only remember the good plays and forget the struggles and inconsistencies are forgotten with time.
like Hasek's 2.83 GAA in '96, or Roy's brutal .894/3.20 '93 season
Just leaving this here.
Difference being that Anaheim was an unmitigated disaster defensively last year.He was up there with Rinne, Hellebuyck etc, but didnt have the wins It also should be said that Anaheim is probably one of the better places to get a high save percentage. Ryan Miller had a really stong bacup seasonand posted a save percentage he only have had higher than once before.