He's been rock solid pretty much all year and has been on a particularly hot run as of late. Still has let in his share of stinkers but overall most of his numbers this season are above league average which is pretty impressive considering he has to bail out Gudbranson and Pouliot ****ting the bed multiple times a night. I still see some people criticize him and say that he's one of the biggest problems on this team which is insane, this market has a weird fixation with bashing the goalie when the team doesn't give them help.
"Still has let in his share of stinkers"
If you watch NHL hockey games other than the Canucks it is rare not to hear a play by play guy say " He'd like to have that one back." about either goalie in that game. Almost no goalie is perfect in any game. It takes more than one goal to win most any hockey game and if your team doesn't score at least one, you lose. This "a weak goal defeats the team" is incorrect. Like any good goalie, you put a goal behind you and move forward. Good teams do likewise. A stinker gets in and the team scores 3 while you shut the door, you win!
This talk of how a goalie loses the game with an early stinker and then don't draft goalies high or goalies are easy to find is so hypocritical. Makes me wonder why any thinking hockey dad would encourage his kid to be a goalie. The most thankless position on the team.
Do your job and get ignored. **** up and you suck. Team loses, it's because your goaltending isn't good enough. Team wins, what a great offensive group we have. Been reading this in the papers and on the net as well as hearing it in the stands and in the bars for decades. It is a team sport and all contribute to to the overall results of a season. If a guy is really bad and it's so easy to get another one, I guess every team would have the best goalie in the world.