Did ANA make a mistake starting Bernier tonight?

[Exquisite]

With how easily Anaheim was entering the zone.. pulling Bernier at 2:30 down 1 goal was stupid

 

[KaseMeOutside]

If you hold a team under 20 shots you shouldn't lose

 

[Cheddabombs]

He's suppose to be in the same category as Price...I'm not even kidding...dead serious...that was the hype on him

He's 23 years old... and he did he lose this game or something?? He was injured. What the **** am I reading?

 

[Exquisite]

Gibson is not even close to Price, who told you that?

 

[Filthy Dangles]

If you hold a team under 20 shots you shouldn't lose

And if you score 3 goals you shouldn't lose

 

[Bleedred]

I always felt Bernier was the type of goalie who played better the more shots he faced. You feel that softy is coming and it seems more likely the less he gets to work.

He's not a backup IMO.

Why did Carlyle pull him with what like 2:30 in an elimination game down one goal?

That was really stupid. I know it's become trendy to pull goalies with more and more time left over the years but it's one goal in a crazy game. I would've waited until the last minute!

If he's not a backup, I'm not sure what he is, because he only had one good year as a starter. I'm sure he can start for stretches and perform fine, like he did at the end of this season. And there are definitely a few starters I'd take him over.

I'm not sure why he pulled him so early, thought it was a suspect move. Especially with how dominant they had been up to that point. I would have rolled the dice a little longer with just 5 attackers.

 

[illpucks]

Gibson is not even close to Price, who told you that?

He had the same generational label.

Price
Gibson
Possibly Matt Murray

All in the same Generational Goalie category

 

[Terry Yake]

so enroth would have been the better option?

the world may never know

 

[OilTastic]

Duck fans, I think if Frederik was playing, this series would be going to a game 7?

^i always thought they traded the better goalie to the Leafs.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

With Cheveldae in net tonight, the Ducks win.

 

[illpucks]

Giguere would have won this

 

[Ducks in a row]

Gibson was hurt so no.

 

[Go Wings]

Nope. The mistake was acquiring Bernier in the first place.

 

[Bleedred]

I think this game is a case of a goalie playing very poor on paper but not quite as poor on the eye test.

He let in at least one bad goal, maybe two bad goals. It wasn't quite as bad as it looked on paper. A couple bad breaks that he had no chance on.

I did say the series probably ended once Gibson was injured though. He was their best player in the series and had been on fire since game 7 against Edmonton.

 

[braindead]

With Perry in net they might have won tonight.

 

[Alwalys]

With how easily Anaheim was entering the zone.. pulling Bernier at 2:30 down 1 goal was stupid

This, I have a problem with this and I saw it from my own team several times over the last few seasons (Sharks). When you have a team that's dominating, adding the extra man seems as likely to hurt as to help. Team has to start playing not to give up the easy goal, and there's less room to make plays on the ice. If the team is already getting chances, IMO you only pull the goalie for the last few gasps.

 

[DarthYenik]

If Gibson was okay to play, I'm sure he would have.

 

[wadesworld]

I found it interesting Carlyle's phrasing, saying that after the morning skate, "Gibson informed them he was unavailable." He said it that way twice.

Normally a coach would say something like, "He tried to go, but just couldn't." Or, "the medical staff told us he was unavailable."

 

[olli]

None of the goals were that bad actually. I hate the Ducks but that must really suck.

 

[Getzmonster]

No choice with Gibson out with a hammy, but he ****ing buried us. Tough to crap on him given the fire he was thrown into, but it sure does suck right now.

 

[DarthYenik]

None of the goals were that bad actually. I hate the Ducks but that must really suck.

That's hockey. It's not about possession, SOG, or even scoring chances. It's about goals.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Not sure why Bernier is getting the blame. None of those goals were that bad.

 

[OrrNumber4]

If Gibson could have played, he would've.

Not sure why Bernier is getting the blame. None of those goals were that bad.

Bernier is getting paid 4 million/season. He is an NHL goaltender aspiring to be a starter somewhere. That entails more than only stopping "goals that were bad". You need to have all the easy saves, the vast majority of the regular saves, and a solid portion of the very tough saves, and even a few of the mind-blowing saves.

 

[Vipers31]

The goals weren't atrocious, so this thread is a little overboard, on top of there being absolutely nothing (zero, zilch) to support the OPs premise of there being any chance that Gibson could have played.

Any notion about Andersen after the season Gibson had is just emotional-drunkenness and doesn't even merit a material response at this place and time.

 

[AOSC]

He's suppose to be in the same category as Price...I'm not even kidding...dead serious...that was the hype on him

I'll back you up. Yes the hype was unreal. "Next team USA goalie. Going to be as good as Price."