Saros Or Rinne in Game 6...

[Newsworthy]

Didn't Holtby replace Grubauer at the start of the playoffs?

 

[Deficient Mode]

Could have sworn he had .909 before and now it says .907 after a shutout?

He was .897 before and is .907 now for the playoffs. Reminder that he still hasn't actually been good on the whole. One bad showing wasn't the reason Saros deserved a start and one good showing isn't proof that you have to stick with Rinne.

 

[PuckSeparator]

I get that Rinne hasn't been that good overall these playoffs, but there's just no defending not giving your (probable) Vezina winner the start in the most important game of the season. If Lavi starts Saros and he craps the bed, Preds fans start asking for his head on a silver spike.

 

[Paris in Flames]

Does anyone else just feel bad that as soon as Pekka finally get's a team around him is when his decline hits? If only Nashville coulda hit this swing two years before hand...

He's literally going to win the award for best Goalie in the league....

I mean. You're right in the sense the decline is near though.

 

[jumb0]

If it's me, I'd go with Rinne

 

[Icarium]

This forum has been amazing with reverse jinxes this year. Ovechkin, Rinne, the Pens, the Kinghts... all have taken a tumble or have been given a boost by the power of reverse jinx. Even Rick Nash scored two goals after such a thread calling him out. I am thinking of starting a "This Caps team should go all the way" thread, who is with me?

 

[Cogsfordogs7]

So how many Preds fans can name their back up goalie after Rinne’s performance game 6? Didn’t see a who should start game 7 thread. Just curious.

 

[StarvinArvyn33]

this team rides and dies with rinne. when his defense comes to play, his numbers reflect that and vice versa

 

[torniojaws]

this team rides and dies with rinne. when his defense comes to play, his numbers reflect that and vice versa

Well it goes without saying. If you have a crap defence - in NSH case, bad in the sense of focusing too much on offense in the vs. Jets losses - and world's best goaltending, you will get pummeled (Montreal, with an added bonus of lack of scoring for a total loss). If you have decent defense and world's best goalie, you probably win. And if you have great defense and world's best goalie, you probably post a shutout (NSH on a good day).

It blows my mind why NSH even tries to play offensive defense after losing 3 times to Jets when attempting that. Conversely, when their D stays home, they have beaten Jets fairly easily. It's not rocket science.

I'll say, it's the NSH defense that decides the outcome of game 7:

- D stays defensive -> NSH will win
- D goes offensive -> NSH will lose.

 

[Ainec]

start saros game 7 srs

first goal tonight was vintage Rinne playoff goal against as in, it happens every playoffs but I don't know whether or not it's a fluke or his fault

second goal tonight, oh my god. Worst display of goaltending I've seen in these playoffs.

 

[ryerockarola]

first goal tonight was vintage Rinne playoff goal against as in, it happens every playoffs but I don't know whether or not it's a fluke or his fault

second goal tonight, oh my god. Worst display of goaltending I've seen in these playoffs.

First goal was bad his fault, first as bad or worse than the 2nd.

 

[Ainec]

First goal was bad his fault, first as bad or worse than the 2nd.

the first one is the definition of bad goal but i've seen it before. You can always call it flukey

second one is fundamentally bad on so many levels, you get to see the error unfolding in his head

 

[Karl Eriksson]

I'm really impressed with Saros. Preds are set for years in net I think .

 

[PenguinSpeed]

Rinne might be the most overrated goalie in the league, that big contract of his was criminal.

-Rinne stinks. Pulled 7 times in the last 3 series. When are people going to wake up.

 

[Hynh]

Rinne 2 GA
Saros 2 GA
Empty net 1 GA

 

[Oan]

Should Rinne decline his upcoming Vezina?

 

[heynowbababooey]

Neither lmao

 

[Freudian]