Pekka Rinne the most unclutch goalie ever?

[HabsQC]

I think we should ask Philly fans about that.

 

[Fire Benning]

At least Luongo stole 3 games, Canuck offense left him out to dry in 4.

Luongo was simultaneously the Canucks best and worst player against Boston. Weird series.

 

[member 105785]

Luongo was simultaneously the Canucks best and worst player against Boston. Weird series.

He was hung out to dry in all 7 games, even with his polarizing play, he still gets treated unfairly, when was the last time a team won a 7 game series only scoring 8 goals? How can Luongo get hated on so hard when the team got shut out in game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals? Pretty sure its the only time that's ever happened. Luongo got 2 shutouts that series and held very strong in game 2, but people always seem to forget how 2 Art Ross winners and a 40 goal scorer were held to a combined 3 points that series.

 

[JianYang]

I wouldn't say he is unclutch. I recall him making a couple excellent saves early on in game 6 to keep the 1-0 lead, before the game settled down a bit. That was also an elimination game on the road, and he passed with flying colours.

I would describe him as inconsistent, but I also thought the preds gave too many good looks to the jets, especially for a team considered to have the best defence in the league.

 

[maacoshark]

Those two goals were ridiculous.

The 2nd goal was more on Ellis than Rinne. Ellis stood there and watched Stastny come from behind the net and take 2 shots.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

I wouldn't say he is unclutch. I recall him making a couple excellent saves early on in game 6 to keep the 1-0 lead, before the game settled down a bit. That was also an elimination game on the road, and he passed with flying colours.

I would describe him as inconsistent, but I also thought the preds gave too many good looks to the jets, especially for a team considered to have the best defence in the league.

Losing like he did in game seven on home ice is definitely unclutch.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Luongo

 

[Rorschach]

Some people have actually ranked him over Quick...

 

[valet]

he had a pretty bad performance in the playoffs this year

 

[PromisedLand]

no offense preds fans but rinne has blown the cup for you last season and then giving up those 2 softies in game 7 against the jets was pathetic. preds need to find a good goalie while the cap situation isn't that bad and their players are still in their prime

 

[Hynh]

How quickly people here forget: just two years ago (TWO!), the Preds trailed division-winner Anaheim 3-games-to-2 in the 1st round, and then Rinne:

- stopped 26 of 27 shots in Game 6 (only goal allowed was on the PP)
- stopped 36 of 37 shots ON THE ROAD in Game 7 (only goal allowed was on the PP)

Sounds pretty clutch to me.

Anaheim just choked. They blew a 3-2 lead in 4 straight years

 

[sharkhawk]

Tony O. Still have nightmares about henri richards goal

 

[Prins Filip]

The mistakes of a goalie are the only mistakes the fans who do not understand the dynamics of ice hockey can (or think they can) recognize. Probably 50% of people having these kind of opinions only watch the highlights, making the bias even greater. Hence these threads and posts about unclutch goalies appear.

Yes, Rinne was bad in game 7 and yes, I am disappointed in his performance, but holy s*** with this hyberbole.

 

[StarvinArvyn33]

Rinne has the tendency to start off games, usually big games, shakey and has to settle in. His positioning in game 7 was horrendous. Cant blame the series loss on him entirely. But in game 7 preds offense scored what 2 goals? Not gonna cut it. The team definitely got the life drained out of them after those goals against. In the end the team needed to be better especially mentally. Preds didnt have "it" this playoffs. After the sloppy colorado series i was hoping they would tighten up, but they couldnt string together any consistency. Kudos to the jets, theyre a hell of a team. Hoping for a caps-jets final.

 

[StarvinArvyn33]

no offense preds fans but rinne has blown the cup for you last season and then giving up those 2 softies in game 7 against the jets was pathetic. preds need to find a good goalie while the cap situation isn't that bad and their players are still in their prime

Cant blame the cup loss on him... The preds were cashed on forwards. No way that was gonna out gun a firing pens offense.

 

[Frank Drebin]

He was 34/35 by the time he had a chance to play for keeps on a real team. Unfortunately past his prime. With 2011 Rinne Nashville advances.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

Luongo

No. Luongo has better statistics all-time than does Rinne.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Brian Elliott

“Hold my beer.“

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Rinne might be, ever is a pretty tough word though. I think he does have bigger expectations on him than I have ever understood. I know he is about to win the Vezina but I have never seen him as a top 5 goalie. Maybe that was for a lot of time there him and Jimmy Howard had very similar numbers so I didn't get the accolades Rinne would get for that.

Curious if you know the guy you selected as the anti-Rinne in the OP is 6-6 all-time in Game 7's?

You know who used to have the best Game 7 record for a while, not sure if this has been damaged, but it was Lundqvist for a while... So being great in big moments hasn't got him the ultimate prize.

Rinne is an erratic goalie, it has always been a little confusing. But we know what he is by now. His great is incredible, his bad is a guy that cannot make the league going in there, I don't remember a goalie that had that big of a difference. Turco maybe.

 

[libertarian]

He was 34/35 by the time he had a chance to play for keeps on a real team. Unfortunately past his prime. With 2011 Rinne Nashville advances.

That may true or not but the last time I looked it is 2018. What he could of done in 2011 is irrelevant. In 7 games the Jets were better.

 

[WingsOverAvs]

"hold my beer"
- Sergei Bobrovsky

The 3 or more goals against playoff streak is @ 23, no?

 

[OrrNumber4]

Rinne's record in elimination games is downright disgusting, no? 2017 was his best year in terms of clutch performances...before that, it was just a bunch of awful.

 

[JianYang]

The 2nd goal was more on Ellis than Rinne. Ellis stood there and watched Stastny come from behind the net and take 2 shots.

It was pretty weak, but I think that was Josi.

 

[tuozzi]

no offense preds fans but rinne has blown the cup for you last season and then giving up those 2 softies in game 7 against the jets was pathetic. preds need to find a good goalie while the cap situation isn't that bad and their players are still in their prime

No they don't, they already have Saros.

 

[Chimpradamus]

Luongo played under Vigneault, that pretty much automatically takes him off any unclutch list. At least NYR fans have seen how abhorrent a defense can look with Vigneault's curse of leaving opponents wide open on the weak side - as a deliberate strategy.