It was one of the big problems this year. There's no denying it.
This team is absolutely in the playoffs with a Lundqvist goalie on a team that plays in a Deboer system. Not even a doubt about that.
I'm really not trying to bury Marty as I've loved him more than any sports player, but this laissez-faire approach to him has reached the endpoint for me.
Right, and even with a Vezina caliber goalie in Rinne, Nashville STILL isn't in the playoffs (they're worse off than us and they have a better defensive core).. why? because they can't score a goal to save their lives.
Defense is incredibly important but useless without some semblance of offense.
To all the Brodeur haters, just look back at at 2007 and 2008. Yeah, maybe a still in his prime Marty steals this team a few more points and somehow squeaks them into the postseason, but guess what? The team is still mediocre just the same way it was 5 and 7 years ago. Those "playoff" teams got exposed as such when the games began to matter and Marty couldn't do a damn thing about it. It always goes far beyond goaltending.
As for the team, I'm not going to be one of those people that say blow the whole thing up, but this team needs to get better over the off season. There is no way around it. It was an extremely frustrating year to say the least, but can we really be all that surprised that this happened, especially in a 48 game season. The red flag was there from the very start when Parise left to go play boyfriend, and Lou had Butler, Josefson and Tedenby waiting in the wings. Never mind these guys panning out, you also had to assume that no one significant would either underachieve or get hurt. Well it never went right in any of those departments and here we are. It is what it is. Hard to be too upset about it when **** really hit the fan weeks ago.
Did anybody ask Deboer about the Volch decision?
Nona. He's turning 41. That was then. This is now. Totally different scenarios.
Right, and even with a Vezina caliber goalie in Rinne, Nashville STILL isn't in the playoffs (they're worse off than us and they have a better defensive core).. why? because they can't score a goal to save their lives.
Defense is incredibly important but useless without some semblance of offense.
Right, and even with a Vezina caliber goalie in Rinne, Nashville STILL isn't in the playoffs (they're worse off than us and they have a better defensive core).. why? because they can't score a goal to save their lives.
Defense is incredibly important but useless without some semblance of offense.
He's lost a step for sure, but you're seriously kidding yourself if you think he cost this team a post season birth. I mean ****, he wasn't even a part of the team for a 1/3 of the season.
Traitor Zach to answer your question about Marty's save percentage in the last thread. A 900 save percentage is not good. Most of the reason it's that low is because he faces so few shots. Now you can't expect just because the team gives up under 15 shots a game that there will only be a couple good chances. Another reason his save percentage is where it is is because of our PK. His even strength save percentage is pretty good.
If you look at other goalies on teams with notoriously bad PK'S like Pavelec, and Markstrom they also have low save percentages.
At least once a game it seems Marty lets in a goal that is deflected or changes direction in front. These are impossible to stop, and I know from experience. It's in the back of the net before you realize it changed directions. Marty heard that PING when it hit the post before he even realized the shot wasn't coming the way it was aimed. Only way to stop those are if it hits you.
Also Marty is part of the reason he faces so few shots. Look at how many games this year he faced under 20 shots, or under 15, and look at how many games Hedberg did. Hedberg never played a complete game where the team allowed less than 20 shots this year. Marty's stickhandling breaks up in zone time, and cuts down on the amount of chances the other team gets. Watching him is enough to know this.
That was the point I was making in the other thread. Rinne's in his 'prime', they also have a franchise defenseman and Nashville's a top five lottery team because their offense is just as crappy as ours.
And people keep harping on Marty's save percentage, how about other goalies' save percentage against us? What is it like .950? (I'm not exaggerating much). Save percentage doesn't tell how many goals you allow. I've seen plenty of crappy goalies have a .915-.920 save percentage cause they get a high volume of shots.
He is facing literally 10-15 shots a game in that stretch. Maybe 30-40% of those are quality ones.
We are outplaying our opponents consistently and the puck possession differential is bordering on mind-blowing proportions.
Is it too hard to ask for better than a .900 save %? That's what I keep coming back to. Just answer that. Please. With all due respect. I just want someone to answer that. You can break down GAA all you want, when you are a goalie, the save % is the holy grail of how a goalie is judged. Pure and simple.
In all honesty a defensive system I don't think truly helps a goalie as much as it's believed.So what you are really trying to say is, 1-3-1.