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Ours was better thoughBoth goalies were top of their game tonight
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.Well Hellebuyck certainly outdueled Binnington tonight. Good to see. Hope he stays on his game now.
Connor Hellebuyck certainly bounced back. He is facing an average of 30 shots/game, with a 0.916%
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.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.
Thanks for that Monday morning joke. Helley a reliable starter lol. Good one ☺
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.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
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.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.
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.
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.
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.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.