Lehner first goalie off ice at Golden Knights' skate, appears to be Game 4 starter

[Evincar]

His team somehow learned to play proper defense in the last 2 days

Lol gave up two more breakaways in this game.

 

[jetsforever]

IDK why everyone's acting like Lehner's some sort of washed-up scrub
Just a couple months ago Fleury was viewed as an anchor and Lehner the saviour

 

[IceNeophyte]

Lol gave up two more breakaways in this game.

But only two, one for a goal. I'll take that.

 

[holy]

Lehner is dope, guy turns so pink. Figured he’d do a better job than rosey old MAF.

 

[SaintsThomas]

They dominated the entire game 3 and Fleury shat the bed as usual.
The hell u talking about?

Yhea, 'cause the OT goal wasn't a 2 on 0 breakaway

How can you leave a 2 on 0 breakaway in overtime.

 

[pbgoalie]

Hell. One of the big advantages stated for Vegas was having two starting goalies

yet somehow it’s a surprise when one of them gets a start AND plays well

 

[SotasicA]

 

[EichHart]

Habs forgot to shoot 5 hole, its wide open all game.

 

[WATTAGE4451]

Yhea, 'cause the OT goal wasn't a 2 on 0 breakaway

How can you leave a 2 on 0 breakaway in overtime.

They made a mistake in overtime that would have never happened if fleury didn't give up a gift to force overtime. They completely dominated the rest of that game.

Vegas actually was worse this game giving up several breakaways and more shots but lehner stole it(also price gave up a soft goal of his own in the 3rd)

 

[SotasicA]

His team somehow learned to play proper defense in the last 2 days

That was the Knights' worst game of the series, by far.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Yhea, 'cause the OT goal wasn't a 2 on 0 breakaway

How can you leave a 2 on 0 breakaway in overtime.

1 play doesnt mean you forgot to play defense lmao. Your defense is literally the reason why the serie is 2-2 and not 1-3

 

[bobholly39]

IDK why everyone's acting like Lehner's some sort of washed-up scrub
Just a couple months ago Fleury was viewed as an anchor and Lehner the saviour

I agree, he's not, he's a really good goalie.

I still think this was a risky move (obviously seems to have paid off) - because I was pretty confident Fleury would have a strong bounce back game. Which meant even if Lehner did good, there's not a ton of upside (unless they completely gave up on Fleury) - because Fleury having a good game vs Lehner having a good game is pretty comparable level.

Flip side though, Lehner was much more likely to have a bad game than Fleury - simply by virtue of coming off cold off the bench (which didn't work out so good last time they tried).

Vegas won, so they'll take it. But this still creates potential problems moving forward. What if Habs win game 4, in pretty convincing fashion with ~4-5 goals. Do you bring in Fleury or Lehner for game 6?

 

[bobholly39]

That was the Knights' worst game of the series, by far.

That's the sign of a good playoff team - winning a game when you maybe don't deserve it. Habs certainly did that in game 3.

 

[Alex K]

Shoot for the 5 hole. He literally stopped zero shots in the shootout in his entire career with the Sabres. I think the shooters at one point were like 15 for 15. Inexcusable.

Cole Caufield told me to tell you "F off"

 

[wingnutks]

I dont understand this lol. Lehner is an amazing goalie, definitely one of the best in the league. Why is everyone treating him like Jarry?

 

[EichHart]

Cole Caufield told me to tell you "F off"

Maybe the Sabres really are cursed. He lost us every single shootout with 80% of goals 5 hole.

 

[SaintsThomas]

I dont understand this lol. Lehner is an amazing goalie, definitely one of the best in the league. Why is everyone treating him like Jarry?

Well, he did have a real bad game against the Avs, and people's memory can go back more than 2 weeks ago apparently.

My beef was mostly about how it showed a complete collapse of trust between team and goalie (MAF, specifically)

 

[SaintsThomas]

They made a mistake in overtime that would have never happened if fleury didn't give up a gift to force overtime. They completely dominated the rest of that game.

Vegas actually was worse this game giving up several breakaways and more shots but lehner stole it(also price gave up a soft goal of his own in the 3rd)

Breakways and scoring chances were actually less this fame than game 3. Knights kept the Habs outside and were, usually, much more effective at clearing rebounds.

And "oh the breakaway doesn't happen if Fleury hadn't made the mistake". That's not how this works. You don't stop skating and let the other team win because your goalie make a mistake. That's loser talk.

Knights protected Lehner tonight a shitton more than they protected Fleury in fame 3.

 

[rymr66]

They will protect him over MAF in the expansion draft might as well play him

Vegas don't have to protect anyone. They are exempt from the expansion draft.

 

[mundyc3]

If this is true, I honestly hope the Habs win this series so Deboer gets fired. If Lehner all of a sudden becomes the savior, everyone can feel free to come in here and let me know that this is why I’ll be nothing more than a HFBoards GM/Coach.

Pssst. Lol I had to.

 

[heysmilinstrange]

I dont understand this lol. Lehner is an amazing goalie, definitely one of the best in the league. Why is everyone treating him like Jarry?

It's not really about Lehner, it has more to do with everyone's weird, slavering, cultlike obsession with Fleury.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Lehner must be hard to deal with. I get the mental health stuff and it sucks....but it seems whenever he talks, it's some negative spin - must be tiring.

 

[CuuuJooo]

Lehner played really well; Vegas also played a much tighter defensive game. It's still not a decision I would have made as a coach, but it's hard to argue with the result.

Now the question becomes whether DeBoer goes back to Fleury for the home game. His post-game comments seem to suggest that might be the plan. Fleury does seem to play better at home...

 

[hoglund]

Lehner is dope, guy turns so pink. Figured he’d do a better job than rosey old MAF.

What?

 

[WATTAGE4451]

Breakways and scoring chances were actually less this fame than game 3. Knights kept the Habs outside and were, usually, much more effective at clearing rebounds.

And "oh the breakaway doesn't happen if Fleury hadn't made the mistake". That's not how this works. You don't stop skating and let the other team win because your goalie make a mistake. That's loser talk.

Knights protected Lehner tonight a shitton more than they protected Fleury in fame 3.

Clearly, you are just a fleury fan.

Fleury was probably the best goalie in the league this year, but if you want to say lehner was protected more than fleury in game 3 to diminish lehners play, youre delusional.

Vegas dominated game 3, they only gave up 8 shots in the first 2 periods although 1 was a breakaway goal. They could not have sheltered fleury more than they did that game. Yes they completely screwed up in overtime, and there was nothing fleury could have done on that overtime goal,, but mistakes happen. No defense gives up 0 chances a game.

They gave up several breakaways in game 4 as well as more shots overall.

Lehner played great, but clearly your loyalty is to fleury. The high danger chances in game 4 were 17-2 canadians. High danger chances were 13-10 Golden Knights in game 3.
For that matter, they were 15-9 canadians in game 2, and 19-14 golden knights in game 1.

Lehner stole that game 4. It was the worst game the knights played all series and he faced more high danger chances than fleurry did in any game.

You will not find anyone other than fleury loyalists who hate lehner on your fanbase who will agree with you that the knights defense played better in game 4. Fans of all 29 other teams watching will all say lehner stole that game.

You clearly are not objective about this.