The optimist in me is hoping for .915%-.920%. I'm hoping it's at least .910%-.915% though.
I do agree, but did Hynes reign in some of the more aggressive defensive tactics when the injuries were at their worst? I feel like they did.
I think it'll be next year, if he doesn't get his save percentage to .910%. That's when we'll know once and for all whether the injury just crushed his play for over 2 years or if he's permanently shot and the injuries ruined his career.
If anything, I think he dialed it back to the turtle system from his first year and much of his second year.
I think Kinkaid just couldn't be a starter two years in a row in a competent matter. I don't know if last year from him was necessarily a fluke, as much as it definitely was something that proved to not be repeated in consecutive years. It's identical to Scott Clemmensen's 08-09 run when Marty was injured. Darcy Kuemper might be this year's version of Kinkaid from last year.
Disagree, like I said, what is the benefit to buying him out after this year? As opposed to seeing if a full offseason would not have helped him get his game back? We could have always bought him out after next year.
If he would have come back to play poorly like he did early on, I think Shero would have bit the bullet on it, especially with how he publicly talked about him specifically when discussing the goaltending problem on the team earlier this season and already not being hesitant on buying out players that are old(er) and useless like Cammalleri and Zubrus, who don't fit anymore. Especially if Shero wants to compete/get better next year. Only difference is that those players had less term remaining on their deals.
Cory has come back and looked great. Not merely serviceable. Which points to his poor play being injury related. Shero knew this. Shero also knew if Cory could get healthy his play would improve. It may not have happened midseason, it could have come later. A long offseason would be a great time to get healthy. Why would Shero not wait to see if Cory can come back next season back on track? What was the rush?
He has been great and not just serviceable but you and everybody can not yet prove that he would look this good if he played 30-40 or more games next year. Just like I can’t prove yet that he won’t.
That’s fair. I understand you’re reasoning now. And your option may have very well been what happened. Fortunately we don’t have to find out.
We only lost to Buffalo once. We only play them 3 times a year. Cory beat them both times. His first win over them was his first win in a start this year. And Kinkaid was in net for the one loss and allowed at least two garbage softies in that game.
Absolutely. The way he moved before... I couldn't tell if he was in pain or just afraid to re-injure himself, but he seemed to be coming across the crease gingerly. It doesn't really explain the number of softies he gave up from outside the high danger areas though.
Some of the softies (like the wraparound goal against Vegas in the first minute) could be chalked up to the hip.
Ya, but I'm talking about the softies from the high/mid point. Also, it would be nice to have a goalie that's mentally tough, although the winless streak and own-goals he went through was pretty extraordinary.
Probably something to do with the injuries in some way.
Yeah but if you remove his two shutouts and shots faced in 3 on 3, his save percentage is only .906%!
I think he is talking about actual AHL losses. Buffalo's AHL affiliate being Rochester.
