So, now since the Blue Jackets are 1st in the League, with their last two wins against both Pittsburgh and Montreal, and Bobrovsky allowing just 2 goals against in those two games; and on top of that currently with the best GA in the League... Does Bobrovsky deserve strong consideration now?
MoreOrr,
I don't know what you mean by "best GA in the league." Seems by m math that Minnesota has the best GA/gm in the league, and Dubnyk's GAA is better than Bobrovsky's by about .3/gm.
Help me understand what you mean.
Bob has had his issues but this I can for him this season..... HE"S HOT......
Price is a Golden child, he didn't even play in CBUS yesterday because the Habs knew they couldn't win!!!!! They wanted to spare the golden boy a loss...
No, they didn't spare golden boy a loss, he lost to MN the night before.
the first star of the month, while price plays only home games and keeps losing every second one to boot.
i'm just glad bob is in the race for now while so many hot heads tried to put him down and pump price's tires earlier in this thread.I mean Price just had a bad month.
his stats for December are:
2.54 GAA
.899 SV%
5-3-3
So yeah, bad month for him. He's still the best goalie in the world though, and i'm sure he'll bounce back. He's still at the heart of both the Vezina and Hart races. I wouldn't count him out just yet thats for sure.
I hope Bobrovsky or Dubnyk win it this year. With Price being an UFA at the end of next season, having another hardware in his collection would add some millions to the next contract.
I still say Price is the favorite to win it this year.
Not the "frontrunner" but the favorite. He's close enough, and Dubnyk has to experience a bit of a down period at some point.
The year Price won the Hart & Vezina his SV% was 0.004% ahead of the next closest (Dubnyk).
Right now Dubnyk is 0.007% ahead of the next closest and 0.011% up on Price. It's not really close at all, if it stays like this it's Dubnyk in a walk.
That said, 10 good or bad games either way could swing things considerably.
Two games ago for Dubnyk, his save percentage was .947. It's now at .941.The year Price won the Hart & Vezina his SV% was 0.004% ahead of the next closest (Dubnyk).
Right now Dubnyk is 0.007% ahead of the next closest and 0.011% up on Price. It's not really close at all, if it stays like this it's Dubnyk in a walk.
That said, 10 good or bad games either way could swing things considerably.
If Freddy Andersen keeps up his hot play, he may be a dark horse contender by end of season.