Confirmed with Link: Bruins Sign Khudobin

[BruinsFanMike82]

That seems a little unfair. His stats are skewed by two main factors

1) His stats are heavily influenced by two games

the 1st was a game against Arizona his 1st of the season in which he played 12:53 and allowed 3 goals on 8 shots .625

the second against Calgary in which he played 10:39 and allowed 2 goals on 5 shots .600

He played most of his games early in the season when the entire team was playing like crap

2) With a bigger sample size I would argue that those two blemishes wouldn't be as apparent in his stats. By comparison Montoya played 25 games and the blemishes get folded in with the better stats.

By the eye Montoya isn't better than Khubodin IMHO.

I respect your opinion, but I'm going to stick with mine as well.

If you stretch it out to include their past 2 seasons, the numbers still favor Montoya.

Montoya: 45GP; .909 Sv%; 2.50 GAper60; .936 FenSv%; .951 CorsiSv%
Khudobin: 43GP; .900 Sv%; 2.69 GAper60; .930 FenSv%; .948 CorsiSv%

 

[Marchy63]

I think familiarity with the team and carrier numbers may have played a factor in the Bruins taking Khudobin over Montoya. Also we don't know if the Bruins were in on Montoya or if they simply wanted Khudobing back. Both goalies have similar cap hits and similar career stats so there really isn't anything that separates either goalie.

Career Stats
Montoya (950K) 136 GP 55W 40L .909 SV% 2.59 GAA
Khudobin (1.2M) 100 GP 44W 39L .918 SV% 2.42 GAA

I would have been happy with either goalie to be honest and I think the B's now have a good experienced back-up that should be able to give Rask some much needed rest.