Frederik (is it November yet) Andersen

[Luminiferous]

So glad Andersen is a Leaf. Bad goals are a given for any goalie. As Moon said, this guy deals with a massive burden that is the Leafs D corps.

 

[Ratboy]

Yeah Freddy had a decent October and is playing well. Last guy on the team to worry about. He's going to have to stand on his head to get us some points though if we keep playing this way.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

October Andersen is a myth.

 

[Mr Hockey]

Hoping he makes the step up to the elite goalie level, this spring.

 

[Walshy7]

a good October freddy couples with the rest of his month to month stats so far for his career and he should be in with a shout at the Vezna. Probably wont win it but be right up there in the convo

 

[56 Years No Cup]

I wouldn't have been concerned either. Dividing the season up into calendar months is an arbitrary thing. If anything, I'm a little bit worried that he wasn't very good in the playoffs and even more worried that this may have been a result of being overworked as it look like the same thing is happening this season. Hopefully last year was an aberration and he'll be awesome next spring even if Babcock starts him 70 times. I really wish he'd get more rest though.

Babcock's one obvious mistake last season was not resting anybody down the stretch even though we had 3rd place pretty much locked up with a month to go. He wouldn't even rest freaking granpa Marleau like seriously Babs, WTF? But I digress ...

It was weird. We couldn't catch anyone and the teams behind couldn't catch us. Should have given rotational rest to every player.

 

[DarkKnight]

Good news for the Leafs, it's been his best start. Bodes well, moving forward. Also important, he isn't being over worked in there every night like last year.

 

[Gary Nylund]

October Andersen is a myth.

Remember when we were bad at shootouts? Remember when we couldn't protect 3rd period leads? These theories based on small sample sizes usually don't last long enough for the ink to dry.

Hoping he makes the step up to the elite goalie level, this spring.

It was weird. We couldn't catch anyone and the teams behind couldn't catch us. Should have given rotational rest to every player.

That's certainly what I was thinking at the time. Especially Hainsey, just wow!

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Remember when we were bad at shootouts?

or when the Leafs were bad at home

 

[Mr Hockey]

Andersen came to the Leafs very flawed, it was embarrassing lol, the Leafs have really developed him into a good goalie.

 

[Gary Nylund]

or when the Leafs were bad at home

Haha yeah I hadn't noticed but now that you mention it, there is indeed a thread with people wringing their hands over this.

OMG, we suck at home, what could the reason be?

 

[HamiltonNHL]

OMG, we suck at home, what could the reason be?

(1) The ice is bumpy. (dual use facility).

(2) Lack of team unity as home grown players hang out with their families.

(3) Other team's players like to perform in front of their toronto family members.

i could go on......

 

[81Leafs50]

2 best goalies in the NHL.......

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Freddy steals one vs Vegas

 

[Duffman955]

Huge performance so far this season.

He needs some rest however, so he doesnt burn out before playoffs

 

[Liminality]

He's been on fire so far. Just looks so comfortable out there.

 

[saltming]

a good October freddy couples with the rest of his month to month stats so far for his career and he should be in with a shout at the Vezna. Probably wont win it but be right up there in the convo

He was in the voting last year with his bad October so I'm thinking contender if he keeps this up

 

[BertCorbeau]

Nice to see Freddy steal a game.

 

[56 Years No Cup]

Freddy looks good. He's tracking the puck really well, and when he does that he's money.

 

[Ratboy]

GAA 2.18
SV% .929



Career year incoming.

 

[Le Cobra]

I’m a Reimer fan and I came here to say how phenomenal Freddie has been playing. If he continues this quality of play I have full confidence in him in the net for the next decade. Heres hoping that he can bring us further into the playoffs this year!

GLG!

 

[HomerJLeafs]

IMHO it was November for him since game 1. Excluding maybe 2-3games hes been pretty awesome.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Huge performance so far this season.

He needs some rest however, so he doesnt burn out before playoffs

Yeah I wonder about this too. You never know with goalies, some never want to rest but it is a long season and the playoffs are a long grind so yeah, I'd be happier if he got more rest this season than last.

 

[dangomon]

IMHO it was November for him since game 1. Excluding maybe 2-3games hes been pretty awesome.

Really the only game I remember thinking Andersen let the team down was the Ottawa game, which wasn't that bad.

He just looks so calm and composed this year.

 

[Bagge]

If I was the coach I would give Andersen a game off here and there. Not a handful before the playoffs begin. It will take him out of the rhytm, always have and probably also will. The year he started out strong in Anaheim he kind of hit a slump mid november that lasted a month. Will be interesting to see what happens this year.