Goalie development happens late. He is way ahead of any other young goalies at this age. The hype is certainly deserved, if you know what to look for the talent, positioning, movement and tracking is very elite. Takes a while for a goalie to develop hockey sense and you get that from reps. He is going to be a star.
Boston has eaten him...and the Flyers...alive.
0-2-2 .843 SV% 5.32 GAA vs Boston
6-2-1 .917 SV% 2.70 GAA vs everyone else
Bruins scored 8 PP goals in the 4 games vs Hart in 22 shots .623 SV%. And if you watched the games, Hart was not all to blame on the goals.
But yeah, very inconsistent year.
depends which hype. “He’s insanely good already”, sure.
but as the above said he’s young and ahead of his development. It’s a great thing he’s as good as he is, also even after all these weeks since OP his sample is small,
and I’m fairly certain losing Niskanen was always going to hurt the flyers, which in a tough division with some of the greatest scorers + the nature of a long season with the same few teams meaning playing potentially 3 games against those scorers on a hot streak and/or your team in front is simultaneously playing at its lowest point , etc
Inconsistency and less than amazing should always have been expected. He’s going to be great in the future
*and I still wouldn’t be surprised if he heats up before this season ends. He could still end with some of the league better numbers if he heats up soon enough and it’s lasts. Goalies go on crazy hot streaks every year and win Vezina votes for just the second half of their season. Not saying that will happen here, just that it has in the past. It’s technically still early.