JP Nolan
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Confirmed with Link: Bruins sign Jaroslav Halak 2yr x 2.75
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Chief Nine
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Then you now have 30 other “better” teams you can choose
BruinsFanSince94
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Let me guess.... You went to NHL.com, searched Halak's stats and saw his 3.18 GAA and .908 SV% and compared that to Dobby's. Right? Just curious if you ignore the teams that each goalie played for.
TCB
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Too funny.Give him a chance.. See what the price tag was and how he plays.
Ive always liked Halak. I think he'll be a very good addition. I mean their not going to go out and get anyone much better,with paying Tuukka 7mil.
BruinDust
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You can't ignore it nor can you use it as an excuse for Halak's awful numbers last year.
BruinsFanSince94
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At ES, There isn't much of a difference in Halak/Khudobin's numbers. The team in front of a goalie plays a huge part in a goalie's numbers.
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Didn't see this one coming at all. Halak has been making starter's money and started 49 games last season. I assume he didn't take too massive of a pay cut to come to Boston, so my guess would be at minimum what Dobby was wanting but likely more. With goalies at Halak's age you can usually safely ignore a one-off bad season since 33 is not washed up territory yet. I've never been that impressed with Halak as a starter, however he should be at least a solid backup who can step in for long stretches if Rask gets hurt. The Bs absolutely needed to get an experienced backup going into the season. I'm glad they got one. Hopefully Halak keeps his head on straight and has a bounce back couple of seasons.
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These are the 2 seasons prior to joining the Bruins of their past two backup goalies. Which one is which?
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Nothing to get excited about for either of them yet people here are acting like Dobby really is a magical house elf.
Both of them had great seasons with .926 sv % but that was years removed from joining the Bruins.
| Games | GAA | SV % |
| 34 | 2.72 | .900 |
| 9 | 2.69 | .909 |
| Games | GAA | SV % |
| 28 | 2.80 | .915 |
| 54 | 3.19 | .908 |
Nothing to get excited about for either of them yet people here are acting like Dobby really is a magical house elf.
Both of them had great seasons with .926 sv % but that was years removed from joining the Bruins.
BruinDust
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Already said it had an impact. Not denying it.
How many people here roasted Rask for every goal against last year, even if the goal was far from his fault.
And the SP% stat is just that, a stat. Bottom line his team allowed the most goals against in the NHL last year and he started 2/3 of those games.
There seems to be a lot of posters just assuming none of this was Halak's fault and the guy will automatically become a top level goaltender now that he's on the Bruins.
...He's our backup goalie. I think he'll be a good backup goalie. Is anyone expecting him to be elite?
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BruinDust
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Well some think he's coming here to be a 1-A/1-B scenario. I think the guy is clearly a back-up, and a mid-range one at best.
That cap hit is absolutely gross for a goaltender the caliber of Jaroslav Halak. The go from the devil-you-know (Khudobin) to the devil-you-don't (Halak) AND spend more money to do so?
I advocated spending decent money on a quality back-up, but I'm not sure that is Jaro Halak at this point.
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missingchicklet
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$2.75 mil per is not crazy bad, but I'm a little miffed they didn't give Dobby the $2.5 he wanted. Dobby was a known quantity in that he got along well with Rask and his teammates and accepted his role without creating problems. My main worry with Halak is that he has been a bit of a head case in the past and can be pretty inconsistent. I know, I know, all goalies are supposedly head cases and can be inconsistent. Dobby, though, has never showed many signs of being a head case, and I felt he was pretty consistent. The second half of last season he put up a couple stinkers, but I thought some of the games where he gave up goals were not remotely his fault. Missing key players resulted in train wreck level defense some games in which no goalie on the planet could have stopped the easy chances other teams were getting vs Dobby. On the whole he was one hell of a backup last season and was a huge reason the Bs did so well in the fall when they had to lean on him. It is what it is. Halak is the backup now so I hope he comes up huge and makes everyone forget about Dobby. He is a better option than some of the other available goalies out there, so there's that.
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Gotta wonder why they ended up being 50k apart on Dobby but gave Halak more money...must think he’ll be lights out for them. Because dobby was good
JP Nolan
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You have always "Liked" Halak. Whatever, the guy is a retreads retread, whatever.
Give him a chance.. See what the price tag was and how he plays.
Ive always liked Halak. I think he'll be a very good addition. I mean their not going to go out and get anyone much better,with paying Tuukka 7mil.
TCB
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Just curious...
Who would of you'd like to see the Bruins sign for their back-up keeper?
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Halak is an upgrade over Dobby.
But to me, you don’t spend more than 1M on a backup.
Wasted Cap hit.
But to me, you don’t spend more than 1M on a backup.
Wasted Cap hit.
