Confirmed with Link: (G)Sergei Bobrovsky 7yr @ 10 mil

[KW]

And still he ain't nowhere near Bolland's commitment to the game.

And your wit is only outdone by my sarcasm.

 

[Madifer]

Heres my prediction for Bob in Florida.

The positive prediction:

1) he plays the best hockey of his life and becomes one if not the greatest of the generation. And retires with honour.

The negative prediction:

2) he suddenly realizes that the panthers wont block as many shots for him + some other differences in the system as well. This will make him frustrated and he wont be able to fix this. A down spiral follows ending up with a Bryz v2.0 'too weird/too bad/too expensive" situation 2-3 years down the road.

Im fully aware how black and white these predictions are yet its my gut thats talking here. Plus certain bits and pieces of facts and my personal estimate of his psyche

 

[KW]

Heres my prediction for Bob in Florida.

The positive prediction:

1) he plays the best hockey of his life and becomes one if not the greatest of the generation. And retires with honour.

The negative prediction:

2) he suddenly realizes that the panthers wont block as many shots for him + some other differences in the system as well. This will make him frustrated and he wont be able to fix this. A down spiral follows ending up with a Bryz v2.0 'too weird/too bad/too expensive" situation 2-3 years down the road.

Im fully aware how black and white these predictions are yet its my gut thats talking here. Plus certain bits and pieces of facts and my personal estimate of his psyche

Yes, those could be the positive and negative outcome options, but what’s much more interesting is what the probabilities for each are.

I think it’s 80-20 in favor of positive.

 

[pb1300]

Yes, those could be the positive and negative outcome options, but what’s much more interesting is what the probabilities for each are.

I think it’s 80-20 in favor of positive.

I think it goes:

1. less than 5% he becomes the "greatest of the generation."
2. Around 85% he continues to be a top 5 goalie who makes us a perennial playoff team.
3. less than 10% he crashes and burns

 

[CHGoalie27]

I think it goes:

1. less than 5% he becomes the "greatest of the generation."
2. Around 85% he continues to be a top 5 goalie who makes us a perennial playoff team.
3. less than 10% he crashes and burns

I hope more than i think thats how it'll go.

 

[Chaos2k7]

He has 5 years with this team, max.

They should all be good years for him unless injuries.

 

[KW]

I think it goes:

1. less than 5% he becomes the "greatest of the generation."
2. Around 85% he continues to be a top 5 goalie who makes us a perennial playoff team.
3. less than 10% he crashes and burns

I could live with that.

 

[pantherbot]

Honestly all that matters is that 100% he will provide better goaltending than last year.

 

[I am not exposed]

Honestly all that matters is that 100% he will provide better goaltending than last year.

Don't think it would be possible for it to be worse.

Well, maybe if we traded for Jones...

 

[BeezKnees]

Been watching Bob post instagram videos of him doing front flips and forward handsprings on trampolines, and cartwheels on a balance beam. Can't tell if he's training for hockey or gymnastics but its awesome how athletic he is. Cant imagine Lu doing the things he's doing

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

How many games is everyone comfortable with Bob playing this year?
Assuming we need him to be somewhat rested for playoffs?
We may not have the luxury to limit his games down the stretch just to get in.

60?
65?
70?
70+ seems very unlikely.

*Keeping in mind we have 16 back to backs*

 

[pantherbot]

How many games is everyone comfortable with Bob playing this year?
Assuming we need him to be somewhat rested for playoffs?
We may not have the luxury to limit his games down the stretch just to get in.

60?
65?
70?
70+ seems very unlikely.

*Keeping in mind we have 16 back to backs*

hard to say, depends on a lot of things. Fewer the better obviously so he's fresh for the playoffs. I say make sure ride him through most of October to get a good start, with Monty doing whatever back-to-backs we have. Then let Monty take on more games if we're ahead a bit to see how he handles it.

If Monty does well and team is in good position, then let Bob rest. If we're still on the bubble in December/January, like 6-8th place or something like that, then ride Bob all the way until he breaks so we get into playoffs.

 

[Chaos2k7]

How many games is everyone comfortable with Bob playing this year?
Assuming we need him to be somewhat rested for playoffs?
We may not have the luxury to limit his games down the stretch just to get in.

60?
65?
70?
70+ seems very unlikely.

*Keeping in mind we have 16 back to backs*

60 minimum.

I think Q rides him this season to see how far he can go. For 10 million, I hope fatigue is not a factor down the stretch.

 

[KW]

How many games is everyone comfortable with Bob playing this year?
Assuming we need him to be somewhat rested for playoffs?
We may not have the luxury to limit his games down the stretch just to get in.

60?
65?
70?
70+ seems very unlikely.

*Keeping in mind we have 16 back to backs*

I didn’t know what top goalies have done in the past so I looked it up. Brodeur routinely played 74-75-76-77 games. Kiprusoff too. I don’t know if there were any b2b’s in there.

I’d start by assuming a minimum of 66. If he plays any more than that they’ll be b2b’s but maybe he can handle a couple. So maybe 70-72 total max.

Stay healthy Bobbi Rovski.

 

[pantherbot]

I didn’t know what top goalies have done in the past so I looked it up. Brodeur routinely played 74-75-76-77 games. Kiprusoff too. I don’t know if there were any b2b’s in there.

I’d start by assuming a minimum of 66. If he plays any more than that they’ll be b2b’s but maybe he can handle a couple. So maybe 70-72 total max.

Stay healthy Bobbi Rovski.

Yeah but game is different nowadays. It's faster, there's more lateral movement, just more tiring on all players in general, goalies included. Optimal is 55-60 for a starter nowadays to keep the wear and tear down heading into playoffs while keeping them sharp. Last goalie to win the stanley cup and play more than 60 games was MAF back in 2009 when he was in his 20's.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

I'll say 60. Starters don't play as much anymore. At the same time, at his salary, he has to get 60 at least lol

Yeah but game is different nowadays. It's faster, there's more lateral movement, just more tiring on all players in general, goalies included. Optimal is 55-60 for a starter nowadays to keep the wear and tear down heading into playoffs while keeping them sharp. Last goalie to win the stanley cup and play more than 60 games was MAF back in 2009 when he was in his 20's.

Quick?

 

[Maylo]

Been watching Bob post instagram videos of him doing front flips and forward handsprings on trampolines, and cartwheels on a balance beam. Can't tell if he's training for hockey or gymnastics but its awesome how athletic he is. Cant imagine Lu doing the things he's doing

There was a post on his insta(which he deleted now? i can't find it) at the start of the summer where he did "a flip" from the boat, it was ugly, lol. He captioned it with "stretching is fine, desperately need an acrobatic coach". Apparently he wasn't joking.

 

[BeezKnees]

How many games is everyone comfortable with Bob playing this year?
Assuming we need him to be somewhat rested for playoffs?
We may not have the luxury to limit his games down the stretch just to get in.

60?
65?
70?
70+ seems very unlikely.

*Keeping in mind we have 16 back to backs*

Probably depends on how Monty performs in his early starts. In other words, will he gain Q's trust? If not, I can see Q riding Bobrovsky for long stretches.

 

[Gentle Man]

How many games is everyone comfortable with Bob playing this year?
Assuming we need him to be somewhat rested for playoffs?
We may not have the luxury to limit his games down the stretch just to get in.

60?
65?
70?
70+ seems very unlikely.

*Keeping in mind we have 16 back to backs*

I'll say 86

60 in the regular season

 

[pantherbot]

I'll say 60. Starters don't play as much anymore. At the same time, at his salary, he has to get 60 at least lol



Quick?

yeah good catch on quick. so just fleury in 2009 and quick in 2012. but keep in mind that monster 2012 season may be at least partly responsible for his back injury.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Feel Bob will be relied upon heavily through that 16 in 20 stretch at home (mid NOV to mid DEC) where he will probably play 17-18 of those 20 games.

We have 4 back to backs in that 20 game span and two of those b2b's are travel days/home game than away game or vica versa.
Those travel days would be where Monty steps in but that home-stand will be the major defining point in the season for us.

Let Bob eat heavy to start the year as we need to be 4-5 wins above .500 before that home stretch starts at game #18 imo. Would be nice to be 7-8 games over .500 at the #41 game mark.
He shouldn't get too burnt out not having to travel as much.
Give Monty some more consistent starts come late December/early January and then we have our bye week starting January 22nd to let Bob rest and gear up for the final 32 games.

Think he will play 68 games this year

 

[Prominence Problem]

Just read a GR article on the Athletic about our goalies, and he said Bob averaged 63 starts the last 3 seasons.

 

[Dread Clawz]

I'd say he plays about 60 games.

 

[scholl]

Bob was interviewed when he did his training camp in Vierumäki, Finland. The video is English although the article is in Finnish. So if you want to listen to his thoughts I suggest that you watch that interview. The article has also comments from his goaltending and physical coaches.
NHL:n eliittimaalivahti ajautui karuun kierteeseen, kaksi suomalaismiestä puuttui peliin ja hänestä tuli taas NHL:n paras – "Totesimme että tämä ei voi enää jatkua"

 

[pb1300]

Bob was interviewed when he did his training camp in Vierumäki, Finland. The video is English although the article is in Finnish. So if you want to listen to his thoughts I suggest that you watch that interview. The article has also comments from his goaltending and physical coaches.
NHL:n eliittimaalivahti ajautui karuun kierteeseen, kaksi suomalaismiestä puuttui peliin ja hänestä tuli taas NHL:n paras – "Totesimme että tämä ei voi enää jatkua"

Cant watch it. Seems to be restricted here in Greece. I tried a VPN, but its still not playing for me. Anyone else having the same issue?