HandshakeLine
A real jerk thing
Using the ASG to prove a point about ANYTHING? This thread has certainly taken a turn for the all-too-expectedly stupid, that's for sure.
what a stupid argument to bring up...
we don't have Hasek/Roy in net, and the gap between them and MAF is as wide as the Grand Canyon.
I've never been a Fleury detractor, and I don't bring this point up with some nefarious agenda in mind, but it's worth noting...
Since Dec 22, in the 13 appearances MAF has made, he has accumulated:
3-6-3 record (plus one game where he was pulled after twenty mins)
0.895 SV%
3.18 GAA
He's also allowed 3 or more goals in 9 of those 13 games. Not a good month!
not a good month indeed. But when you watch a game like last night's you realize that some of that has to be attributed to the team in front of him playing like garbage over roughly that same stretch. Not saying Fleury has been good, because he hasn't. But he hasn't been as bad as those stats indicate, either. He's played like a middle of the pack starter. A middle of the pack starter cannot carry a bad team to wins with any regularity.
I've never been a Fleury detractor, and I don't bring this point up with some nefarious agenda in mind, but it's worth noting...
Since Dec 22, in the 13 appearances MAF has made, he has accumulated:
3-6-3 record (plus one game where he was pulled after twenty mins)
0.895 SV%
3.18 GAA
He's also allowed 3 or more goals in 9 of those 13 games. Not a good month!
That'll happen when he's the best player on the team in a 4-0 loss.
Totally surprised this thread was bumped after last night BTW.
Stats suck... eye test. Most of these games are not his fault at all.
I'm also sure i could cherrypick any losing streak or bad stretch and show bad goalie stats. Sometimes they are team stats instead of just goalie stats.
I've never been a Fleury detractor, and I don't bring this point up with some nefarious agenda in mind, but it's worth noting...
Since Dec 22, in the 13 appearances MAF has made, he has accumulated:
3-6-3 record (plus one game where he was pulled after twenty mins)
0.895 SV%
3.18 GAA
He's also allowed 3 or more goals in 9 of those 13 games. Not a good month!
MAF was going to regress at some point during the season, at the beginning of the year he was playing like a elite goalie.
MAF has been in the league for 11 years now, we all know what type of goalie he is, and what type of stats hes going to give you, he isn't going to turn into a elite goalie in his 11th year in the league.
Fleury was absolutely the least of our problems last night. As said above, his play this season has nonetheless regressed. He was our early season MVP; for the last few weeks he's been average, and "average" is not a derogatory word.
Well a game like last night brings the question of whether his "decline" is more his fault or more the fault of the team playing horribly in front of him.
He hasn't been stealing games like he was in December but he isn't as bad as the few posters who like to blame him for losses in games he didn't even play make it out to be.
He's always been a good starter. It's not crazy to think he could have an elite year, especially with a new (and bonafide) goalie coach and better D in front of him (which was certainly the case for the first couple dozen games this season).