Bobrovsky first 31 games - .897 sv% 3.29 GAA

[HanSolo]

It never ceases to be entertaining, so many people that don't let not knowing what they're talking about stop them from running their mouths.

It never ceases to be entertaining people throwing a blanket statement that people are wrong without explaining why.

 

[Ratsreign]

It never ceases to be entertaining people throwing a blanket statement that people are wrong without explaining why.

In this instance, it was explained several times, by several different posters in this thread.

 

[82Ninety42011]

He will come around but that deal was stupid from the beginning in my opinion.

 

[bert]

I said when it was announced and I'll say it again that his contract is one of the worst ever given out in the cap era. Giving that much term with that high of an AAV to a 30yr old goalie(now 31) is an absolute farce. Without a doubt one of the worst contracts in the league and I can only imagine how it will look even just a year from now let alone a few. His best days are behind him.

A year from now when he is 32 and in his peak prime as a goalie. Lol clueless. Sure may look bad on the back end but he is in his prime.

 

[Akustiikka]

A good example that more often than not, a good defence makes a good goalkeeper. There are lot of great goalkeepers in the world, many outside of NHL, who can shutdown any opponent if the defence is there, and they can get a clear view of the shots. That will make the goalkeeper confident, and the game savers will follow too.

Im probably in the minority here, but sometimes I think goalkeepers are overrated in the way that a great goalkeeper impacts the game.

 

[MintyFresh88]

I said when it was announced and I'll say it again that his contract is one of the worst ever given out in the cap era. Giving that much term with that high of an AAV to a 30yr old goalie(now 31) is an absolute farce. Without a doubt one of the worst contracts in the league and I can only imagine how it will look even just a year from now let alone a few. His best days are behind him.

A little bit (or a lot) exaggerated. Guy has 2 Vezina trophies to his name and there's absolutely nothing to suggest that he can't still be a starter 4 or 5 years from now. Obviously anything can happen, but if you look at Vezina trophy voting the last number of years, there's almost always goalies in the top 5 that are 30+.

18-19: Bishop 32 (2nd), Fleury 34 (4th)
17-18: Rinne 35 (winner), Fleury 33 (5th)
15-16 Luongo 36 (4th), Crawford 31 (5th)
14-15 Lundqvist 32 (4th)

These are just top 5 in Vezina voting....guy can still be a good starter years down the road hopefully without needing to be a Vezina finalist for the Panthers to be successful. I think everyone needs to relax a bit about his age.

 

[IceManCat]

I don't know if you misinterpreted me but i'm not saying they have been bad overall but i am definitely saying they have been bad protecting the net and have been for years.
You haven't seen me post on the Panthers board cause i don't think any of my whopping 93 posts are on any team board. I rarely even read them. I'm not that active here. I'm more into watching games.

Now about the very personal acquisition of being a liar... I might actually be heading to Florida in late february to watch some Panthers hockey (like i did in 2015) so if you're a local we can discuss this face to face.

Yes you must be lying considering you're the only one who seems to think we have a problem. It is quite strange indeed. If you aren't a liar then perhaps you can see a doctor for new glasses. I would gladly see you face to face let me know when.

 

[HanSolo]

In this instance, it was explained several times, by several different posters in this thread.

And you've added nothing to the debate other than disparagement of people you think don't know anything.

 

[Ratsreign]

And you've added nothing to the debate other than disparagement of people you think don't know anything.

See page 1 of thread. Have a good day.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Bobrovsky looks lost right now. Florida is heavily dependent upon him for success; he must be better.

 

[wayninja]

He's strange. He made some absolutely brilliant saves tonight. I didn't see a lot of soft goals go in...

 

[sinDer]

I think it's a little bit early to judge him by looking at his stats.

With that being said, he clearly needs to be better. He's been good, but "good" goalies don't make 10M$

 

[nhlfan9191]

He's strange. He made some absolutely brilliant saves tonight. I didn't see a lot of soft goals go in...

Big goalies making brilliant looking saves a lot of the time comes from them being out of position and behind the play: Bobrovsky hasn’t been brilliant. He’s been awful.

 

[Theo Von]

First, let me make it clear that I am not creating this thread to bash bob. No, I'm not salty. I genuinely want to read opinions/discussion on said player. (!!!)

As we all know, Bob signed a 7 year contract with a cap hit of 10 mil a year... second highest paid goalie in the league, behind the starter for montreal, Carey Price.

Bob's stat line thru his first 6 starts as a Panther:

22 goals against
4.07 GAA
.872 save percentage

those six opponents include...

TBL x2
CAR
NJD
BUF
COL

(4 of those teams have more than 9 pts already)

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I'm aware that Florida's defense has been atrocious but having watched most of Bob's starts so far, he has to better.. simple as that, especially after the contract he signed.

let's discuss 'Bob'.

 

[Stevonidas]

The contract would be bad whether he had started poorly or extremely well. I expect him to steal some games for the Panthers, even if he hasn't yet.

You already forgetting about the game he singlehandedly stole from the Lightning about a week ago? He deserved both the 1st and 2nd star in that game.

 

[HansonBro]

We already did this

 

[valet]

they're not beating good teams and Bob is part of the problem. What is so hard to understand?

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Wonderful contract, well done Florida

 

[BelovedIsles]

Saw the Avs game in it’s entirety. Bob looked good, got beat by a few clean shots and the scrambled, lack of coverage team in front of him.

The D looks worse than him.

 

[geisterpanthers]

he wasn't as bad as his stats, still he wasn't good.

 

[Fixxer]

It's 5 games, of course it's too freaking early. Why not create a thread about Rinne, Anderson, Dubnyk, Holtby, Mrazek, Quick as well then?

Price, the first season after signing his big contract.. it was a tough year. Bobrovsky needs to adapt to a new team.

 

[joplin]

I'd say good riddance, Columbus. Bobrovsky's contract is always going to come back to sting, and the Rangers aren't much better with Panarin.
A blessing in the disguise for CBJ, now they can develop their prospects

 

[Madifer]

The "best" thing for the Panthers media to do right now would be to launch a massive "did we make a mistake signing Bob?" campaign.

And Bob's passage to being Bryz v2.0 would be complete.

Bob has a very frail mind and thats his biggest weakness.

 

[yzerman]

Bench him a couple of games and get him mad

 

[Necrobutcher]

Saw the Avs game in it’s entirety. Bob looked good, got beat by a few clean shots and the scrambled, lack of coverage team in front of him.

The D looks worse than him.

Yeah. Ekblad with -3. Two of them were rebounds again and he should have cleaned up the second one at least. The two wrister goals could have been blocked with a stick also.