Player Discussion: Connor Hellebuyck

[snowkiddin]

Well Hellebuyck certainly outdueled Binnington tonight. Good to see. Hope he stays on his game now.

 

[PhilJets]

Both goalies were top of their game tonight

Ours was better though

 

[Jets4Life]

Connor Hellebuyck certainly bounced back. He is facing an average of 30 shots/game, with a 0.916%

 

[Jetfaninflorida]

Great game by Helle. He was dialed in.

 

[kylbaz]

Well Hellebuyck certainly outdueled Binnington tonight. Good to see. Hope he stays on his game now.

I wouldn't say outdueled, we probably had double the scoring chances, but he had an amazing game nonetheless. You can't win a cup without performances like that. Binnington was unreal as well, that game could have been a blow out. We had so many chances that were inches from going in.

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

Helle's had one bad game, Binnington's had one bad game.

Only real difference is Helle's bad game cost us the game, where as we would have won if Patrick Roy was in net the night Binnington had a bad game.

 

[Board Bard]

Connor Hellebuyck certainly bounced back. He is facing an average of 30 shots/game, with a 0.916%

Still going to need .920 Helly, or better even.

 

[White Out 902]

I wonder what trade value hellebuyck has?

If we could mine a trade for this guy I say strike while the iron is warm.

 

[Duke749]

I wonder what trade value hellebuyck has?

If we could mine a trade for this guy I say strike while the iron is warm.

Who’s gonna take him?

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

Who’s gonna take him?

Edmonton

 

[Duke749]

Edmonton

I see what you’re doing lol

 

[wpgfishfan]

90% of the board still think it's a great contract and the few of us who said it was only one year where getting roasted cause if he played like that again he would get 8 a year

 

[wpgfishfan]

Binnington won the cup and the Blues only gave him 2 years. IMO you don't pay these goalies anything more than 5. What Florida did is gonna kill them

I still like Helly but not at his contract

 

[Jets4Life]

I wonder what trade value hellebuyck has?

If we could mine a trade for this guy I say strike while the iron is warm.

...and leave the team with not only one of the worst blue lines in the NHL, but without a reliable starting goalie. Brilliant.

 

[PhilJets]

Lets go Helly

You
Laine
Schiefele
Morrissey


Need to be Titans this year so the team can make some noise.

 

[White Out 902]

...and leave the team with not only one of the worst blue lines in the NHL, but without a reliable starting goalie. Brilliant.

Thanks for that Monday morning joke. Helley a reliable starter lol. Good one ☺

 

[tbcwpg]

Thanks for that Monday morning joke. Helley a reliable starter lol. Good one ☺

.924 and .913 over the past two seasons, against a guy with a sub .900 to end the season last year, and a .912 in the AHL, .883 in the NHL the year before.

 

[BatVader]

Binnington won the cup and the Blues only gave him 2 years. IMO you don't pay these goalies anything more than 5. What Florida did is gonna kill them

I still like Helly but not at his contract

Disagree. Bob has proven himself over and over to be a top tier elite goaltender. It’s a lot, more than I’d pay, but if any goalie deserved it, I’d say it’s him.

 

[WickedPegJets]

Disagree. Bob has proven himself over and over to be a top tier elite goaltender. It’s a lot, more than I’d pay, but if any goalie deserved it, I’d say it’s him.

Until a goalie has won a Cup, he (Price and Bob) should not be paid more than other goalies in this league. Blackhawks' GM Stan Bowman certainly didn't prescribe to the craziness of Marc Bergevin and Dale Tallon in making the puck stopper his team's highest paid player.

 

[Jets4Life]

Funny how some posters wrote off Hellebuyck after one game. Time to step off the ledge. No idea if Helle can weather the storm, and up his game to counter the depleted blue-line, but he certainly has earned a chance to prove it.

 

[snowkiddin]

Funny how some posters wrote off Hellebuyck after one game. Time to step off the ledge. No idea if Helle can weather the storm, and up his game to counter the depleted blue-line, but he certainly has earned a chance to prove it.

To be fair, he wasn’t being written off after one game. He hasn’t looked good really since the Vegas series. However, he was fantastic last night. Great to see.

 

[Jets4Life]

To be fair, he wasn’t being written off after one game. He hasn’t looked good really since the Vegas series. However, he was fantastic last night. Great to see.

Hellebuyck played great hockey after the All Star Break 2019 until the end of the season. He was Vezina calibre through the month of March. Not sure why this false narrative exists that Hellebuyck had a mediocre year in 2018-19, but it is not true. He was above average in Wins, save percentage, and GAA. I'm tired of explaining it though..

 

[Board Bard]

Hellebuyck played great hockey after the All Star Break 2019 until the end of the season. He was Vezina calibre through the month of March. Not sure why this false narrative exists that Hellebuyck had a mediocre year in 2018-19, but it is not true. He was above average in Wins, save percentage, and GAA. I'm tired of explaining it though..

He played half the season like an AHLer (or ECHLer) and half the season like an NHLer. Not much different from his NHL career in its entirety. The more consistency he has, the more doubts he will erase. Until then, he's fair game.

 

[tbcwpg]

He played half the season like an AHLer (or ECHLer) and half the season like an NHLer. Not much different from his NHL career in its entirety. The more consistency he has, the more doubts he will erase. Until then, he's fair game.

He's had half a bad season in two years. I'm not sure where this idea has come from that he's washed up. The stats would back up the fact that he's been better more than not.

 

[DannyGallivan]

He's had half a bad season in two years. I'm not sure where this idea has come from that he's washed up. The stats would back up the fact that he's been better more than not.

Stats are a fools game when it comes to goalies, since almost all goalie stats are team stats (even save percentages, which don't account for quality shots, screens, rebounds, cleared rebounds, easy shots, etc, or most importantly, clutch play. Hellebuyck hasn't been consistently "clutch" in a couple of seasons. Last night he played absolutely excellent. Now, let's see him do that more consistently.