Nashville Names Ben Vanderklock as Goaltending Coach

[Legionnaire11]

Sucks to see Korn leave, he's obviously a very good goalie coach. But lets not label this a disaster just yet. Mitch Korn isn't the only successful goalie coach in NHL history. Jonathan Quick doesn't have Mitch Korn, Henrik Lundqvist doesn't have him. Even Sergei Bobrovsky won a Vezina without Mitch Korn...

In fact, Mitch has been at the NHL level for 23 year now and has produced Dominik Hasek, Tomas Vokoun and Pekka Rinne in that time. That's a pretty good resume, but it's not unmatched either and you could argue that Hasek and Rinne would have been elite no matter who coached them.

Lets also not forget that most NHL goalies employ and work with their own guys as well in the offseason and sometimes throughout the season. I don't know who else Pekka might be working with, but if he has someone then that guy would also be a part of his success and limits the impact of losing a Mitch Korn.

I am going into this with a glass half full on Vanderklok, I bet he uses a lot of the same techniques that Korn has used and may even have a few fresh ideas that he hasn't had a chance to try out yet.

 

[BigFatCat999]

While I'm not saying that a good goaltender coach isn't an excellent luxury to have, it isn't as if Hutton is suddenly going to be a sieve because Korn is gone. He took pretty big steps in his development over the course of last season, and once Rinne was back Hutton really solidified himself as an NHL back up. I don't see how having Hutton behind Rinne is a huge mistake now because of a goaltender coaching change. If he is having to fill in as the starter then the team is screwed for reasons unrelated to Korn.

And it's not like there won't be thousands of goalies in the open market for a training camp invite

 

[PredsV82]

How does a goaltender coach help anyone in a game of chance the shootout?

as the other poster explained, Korn was in charge of shootout prep, and if it was a "game of chance" you'd have expected us to be closer to .500

 

[jwhouk]

In the Korn era, opponents were .679 in shootout attempts against our goaltenders. Opposing goalies were .682 against our shooters - a difference of 0.4%.

Compare that to the overall shooting percentage, other than the shootout: our goalies have a .909 save percentage in regulation/OT, while opponents have a .906 save percentage against the Preds.

Yes, we're talking a net difference of 0.7%, but c'mon.

 

[Adz]

In the Korn era, we were .677 in shootout attempts against our goaltenders. Opposing goalies were .681 against our shooters - a difference of 0.4%.

Compare that to the overall shooting percentage, other than the shootout: our goalies have a .910 save percentage in regulation/OT, while opponents have a .907 save percentage against the Preds.

Yes, we're talking a net difference of 0.7%, but c'mon.

Okay era overall, that's pretty good. What was it in the era since the second lockout?

 

[adsfan]

And it's not like there won't be thousands of goalies in the open market for a training camp invite

Darling.

 

[jwhouk]

Okay era overall, that's pretty good. What was it in the era since the second lockout?

8% difference: .912 save percentage by our goalies in regulation/OT, .904 by their goalies.

 

[PredsV82]

the only shootout stat that is relevant is 2-8.

that was our record last year.

make that 5-5 and we make the playoffs.

 

[jwhouk]

Bottom line is, our goalies do 23% worse in the shootout, while our opponents do only 22% worse. We need to figure out how to overcome that 1%.

 

[Legionnaire11]

Bottom line is, our goalies do 23% worse in the shootout, while our opponents do only 22% worse. We need to figure out how to overcome that 1%.

Occupy Nashville?

 

[jwhouk]

Occupy the shootout!

 

[Legionnaire11]

I can see signs now "Pekka Is the 99%"

 

[bdub24]

Tshirt idea for sure!

 

[Adz]

Tshirt idea for sure!

At least 7 people will "get" it.

 

[Cashville]

Too much being made of this; think it will be fine.