At times Lundqvist been good, and at times he has been bad. In either case, he has never been able to elevate his game to the point that is needed to win a Stanley Cup.
Again, at points he has but at other times he hasn't. Do the stat lines show this. Of course not. In order to see it you have to watch the game and note many things which are not shown on the stat line.
P.S. No one on the boards seems to ever mention game 2 of the SC finals where at the 18min mark goal 3 was scored by LA. For the next 10+ mins you can see him dwelling on the goal. It gets to the point where at the 12:40 mark there is a time out called and he spends the next 40seconds arguing with the ref about a call that happened 10+ mins ago. And about a min later LA scores the tying goal so send it to overtime.
LOL the same goal that haunts this entire fan base because the league flat out admitted it should've been waived off for goalie interference?
Whatevs go watch game 6 against the Caps in 2013 or games 5-7 against the Pens last year. The man did everything he could to keep us going and most certainly would've won the Conn Smythe if we won it all.
I won't get dragged into any of this ********. This thread is strictly about Lundqvist's return from injury.
I could see people arguing that if we get a huge offer for Hank, consider it since Talbot looks like he could start. If Edmonton/AZ/BS comes in after winning the lottery and offers us McDavid for Lundqvist, you should strongly consider it because you are getting an elite talent who will be cost-controlled for the next few seasons. That argument has some validity.
But to argue Talbot>Lundqvist is ridiculous and all it does is antagonize people against Talbot for no reason.
“@HartnettHockey: Yandle on Lundqvist: "It looks like he's in great form right now. You see how competitive he is. He doesn't want to let anything in." #NYRâ€
As much as I want Hank to come back soon, it would be kinda cool to see Talbot vs Hammond on Thursday.
So you expect the 4 or 5 people that are making their case against Hank to understand binomial distribution, p-scores and null hypothesis?
That's mighty ambitious of you, I must say.
I hope his light workouts during his injury were enough to keep him in shape.