How much credit do you give Anderson for the Sens current record

[Taluss]

Saw this question on Twitter, I want to see what you all think about it.

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[Do Make Say Think]

100%

 

[Six Assets]

A fair amount. Him and our ability to score every 5 shots.

 

[2CHAINZ]

All of it. If we had a good goalie we'd be in a playoff spot.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

All of it. If we had a good goalie we'd be in a playoff spot.

If we had a backup goalie, we would be in a way better position.

 

[Sens]

Anderson played something like 18 straight games seeing 35 shots a night

 

[BK201]

About three fiddy.

 

[topshelf15]

Yep and yet people wrote him off ....Andy was never the problem last season

 

[Agent Zub]

Yep and yet people wrote him off ....Andy was never the problem last season

Andy was bad last season and he's good this season.

It's a genuine pattern over his career.

 

[JD1]

I don't think he is altering the outcomes per se

for the most part were winning games we should and losing games we deserve to lose

he is definitely playing well enough for us to win. last year he was not

 

[BonkTastic]

We'd have like 7 wins otherwise. Tops.

 

[NyQuil]

There are some decent teams out there that have absolutely atrocious goaltending.

It's the one frightening aspect of our "rebuild".

 

[OmniSens]

Andy's been solid. 100% him. Even in the game's he's not in.

 

[Micklebot]

I mean, it depends. Is the alternative a combination of Condon and McKenna, because if so I suspect we'd have 1 or 2 wins without Anderson.

The team has shown the ability to score, but is porous defensively. Anderson has done what you want a starter to do, keep us in games. He's had some off nights where you could argue with a better performance we'd have won, but that happens with every goalie, our issue is that we typically aren't good enough defensively to win games where he has an off night, because if he's off, there's 6 goals in our net.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

He has had some very good games. Andy has also had a few stinkers this year. So, maybe add another 4 losses onto the team if it was just our backups this season?

 

[OgieO]

The advanced stats crowd seems to indicate he's been about average, but improving. I kinda had the same trend in my head just from observation. Thought he was okay at the beginning, but not great. Much better lately.

 

[branch]

Every time he takes a shot I get scared. He's not been good this year.

 

[branch]

Anderson played something like 18 straight games seeing 35 shots a night

Starters are supposed to be able to handle stuff like this.

 

[benjiv1]

The advanced stats crowd seems to indicate he's been about average, but improving. I kinda had the same trend in my head just from observation. Thought he was okay at the beginning, but not great. Much better lately.

This exactly. Had he played like he as of late, earlier in the season, than maybe I would attribute more to him.

But as you stated, there were games at the start that he shares the blame for the L.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

If you put any stock into the goalie point share stat, Anderson ranks #4 at at 4.6.

1. Andersen 6.1
2. Gibson 5.9
3. Lundqvist 4.8
4. Anderson 4.6


Calculating Point Shares | Hockey-Reference.com

 

[hawthy]

Andy’s been big. Not great every night, but if the question is “how much credit is due to him”, IMO it’s a fair amount. The amount of shots he faces every night and the fact that we currently don’t have a reliable relief pitcher off the bench - in addition to his more-often-then-not steadiness, is something else to consider.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Craig gets as much credit imo as anyone else on the roster for our poor record, of course the absolute massive lion's share belongs to the owner.

 

[bert]

All of it. If we had a good goalie we'd be in a playoff spot.

I really dont think he has been anything special this season... He has let in alot of back breaking goals despite making lots of big saves it usually happens when the team comes all the way back. He isnt getting alot of help defensively but the team does score alot of goals.

 

[bert]

Yep and yet people wrote him off ....Andy was never the problem last season

He was terrible... So were lots of players but he was really really bad too. Atleast he is staying in his net this year and isnt getting upset when people rightfully asked him what the hell he is doing when he leaves the crease.

 

[BritishSen]

I thought he was finished last season tbh, he's been good but I wouldn't give him too much credit