I don't think any team relied more on goaltenders in last year's playoffs than the Ottawa Senators did.
I dunno. I found the team as a whole is what allowed them to have success. Sens were more opportunistic than the Bruins or Rangers, they came up huge in key moments (ex : Bobby Ryan). No goalie really stood on his head in those 2 series, it was really not a deciding factor.
Yet their teams were out before we were.
Who cares about the number of bad goals?
I don't like bad goals more than the next guy, but to say he had a bad playoff and then say others who we beat were better, is just complaining to complain.
I never said he had "bad playoffs" though. I think he had good playoffs because of some very good games. He was also really not helping in some other games, but overall good enough to allow his team to go that far, obviously.
Well.... Lund and Rask also didn't make nearly as many game saving saves as Andy, which is why, you know, they lost.
Melnyk will increase spending along with the core as he has over the last few years. I thought by now the fear-mongerers would have taken a break since we have continued to sign everyone we wanted and the budget has grown each year. Sadly there ares still some staunch holdouts
Everybody knows I am really not the kind to complain for the sake of complaining. What I am saying is that Dorion worries me. He spends like a mad-man, like he wants to keep everybody and give everybody a raise to make them happy, but this team has a budget and even if Melnyk finally agrees to spend to the cap, there's the salary cap after.
I have no problem with Andy's contract, he deserves it... but why is Condon making so much money for so long?
Condon is a decent back-up but IMO another overrated goalie (pedestrian numbers, was really good for a stretch, and then really bad). Just like when I was saying that Hammond was not a good NHL quality goaltender, right in the middle of his "miracle run". I never had much faith in Ray Emery too.I lost faith quickly in Elliott. Always had faith in Andy, him and Hasek are the only 2 Sens goalies I really trusted.
I might not be a pro but I am a goalie so maybe I know more about the subject that I know about skaters.