Svedberg is the #1 reason we didn't make the playoffs. Claude couldn't trust him and over the course of the season he alone cost the team enough points to DNQ.
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Svedberg is the #1 reason we didn't make the playoffs. Claude couldn't trust him and over the course of the season he alone cost the team enough points to DNQ.
I would argue the entire teams lack of desire finish and squandered chances cost us the playoffs. Even if Svedberg played more don't be we would have scored more than 1 or 2 goals per game.
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Taken from rotoworld so certainly not a hockey authority, but I feel Svedberg was underused by Julien, I keep reading here that he was unreliable I didn't see that in the games I watched.
Niklas Svedberg, who backed up Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins last season, has signed a one year contract with Salavat of the KHL. No financial terms have been released, yet.
The 25 year old Svedberg is a restricted free agent for Boston, but appears ready to test his skills closer to his homeland of Sweden. Svedberg posted a 7-5-1 record with nine Quality Starts against just two Really Bad Starts during his rookie NHL campaign. He was beaten for just 35 goals on 435 combined shots over his 14 starts and 18 games.
Using those numbers, that gives him only a 64% chance of posting a quality start, against the worst teams in the league, when extremely well rested. Not good enough.
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The way things turned out with Svedberg this year was a bit bizarre. I think some people were getting carried away with how good they were saying he was but I also think some of the issues with him were self induced by giving him too much time between games and then being too open about not having confidence in the guy. In retrospect I think we could have handled it better.
I'll be happy to see a new back up next season. I don't think Svedberg's rebounds and somewhat wild style of play is something I'd feel comfortable with our defensive situation. But it does feel like this guy went from good/adequate backup or at least good numbers then he had a couple bad games and all the sudden we couldn't play him anymore.
I can see him making a return to the NHL as a decent/good backup.
I'll be happy to see a new back up next season. I don't think Svedberg's rebounds and somewhat wild style of play is something I'd feel comfortable with our defensive situation. But it does feel like this guy went from good/adequate backup or at least good numbers then he had a couple bad games and all the sudden we couldn't play him anymore.
I can see him making a return to the NHL as a decent/good backup.
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The Bruins took a gamble the last couple of years when it came to backup goalies ,with Johnson the gamble worked but with Svedberg it didn't . I hope we can find someone somewhat proven with some NHL experience .
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HAHA the number 1 reason the Bruins didn't make the playoffs was because of their backup goalie? This is so ridiculous that I'm not sure if it's sarcasm or not.
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He posted 8 games this year in which he had a save % less than .900
His aggregate stats were pumped up by two of his best games - shutouts against teams that played like complete and utter crap (a tanking Sabres team and a completly dominated Devils team).
If you think that performance is at all acceptible at the NHL level, then you are sadly mistaken.
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Hahaha....
Yea, I mean when the backup goalie can't get us some wins, he's the #1 problem.
Not that the team in front of him was as terrible as they were in front of Rask. Svedberg isn't Rask, expecting him to be is silly. Svedberg may have lost the team a few games, but the fact that the Bruins were so close to the cusp isn't his fault.
Rask had 19 games at .900 or below including a stretch of 3 out of 4 games in early November, plus another stretch of 5 out of 6 in late November / early December when he should have been fresh (since any time Tuukka has a bad game, it must be because he is tired).
I just find it absurd that the backup goalie who started all of 14 games is blamed for the Bruins not making the playoffs.
The blame is always placed on:
the 4th line
Chris Kelly
Matt Bartkowski
the backup goalie
the coach of the Powerplay
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Was Svedberg the only reason? No.
But to say he was the No.1 reason might not be too far off.
This team missed the playoffs by 3 points. That's it.
Claude's lack of trust in Svedberg resulted in overplaying Rask significantly down the stretch, resulting in fatigue and poor performances especially on back-2-backs (see Florida in Game 81).
Not to mention if they had a better more trusted back-up and the Bruins probably pick up another 4-5 points in wins from the more capable back-up.
Svedberg is gone. If the Bruins management think for one second they can go into next season with Smith or Subban as the back-up and play Rask seventy games again it will be another lost season. They have to acquire a NHL caliber back-up with some experience next season. It's not even debatable.
Svedberg was not the main reason why we missed the playoffs, but he was a big part of it.
I'm ****ing sorry, but if your backup has to be pulled twice, and continue to come close to being pulled in other games (whether he's fresh or not) then you don't have a very good backup on your hands.
I'm ****ing sorry, but if your backup has to be pulled twice, and continue to come close to being pulled in other games (whether he's fresh or not) then you don't have a very good backup on your hands.
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ODAAT
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Definitely not the only one but an important one none the less. The back up has to be better. To me Rask needs to play less, he seems to get mentally tired. Ideally in the 60-65 range.
I agree both Subban and Smith could get the job but having each of them spend one more season in the AHL would be better for their development. Tons of quality back ups available this summer.
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I suppose there's no chance of Rask also going to the KHL? We need a competitive goalie this year.
GarbageGoal
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Smith is 26 years old and been playing pro for over five years. He is what I would consider a veteran AHL netminder. There's no more developing he really needs. He might actually be the best guy for the backup job, but not all guys can handle sitting 60 games a year as we saw with Svedberg. You just have to make the decision to go with him or not and see what happens.
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Antti Raanta and Scott Darling each played basically the same minutes. Both had .936s and sub 2 GAA
Calvin Pickard of CO. .932 sv %.
