haak84
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How does this jive with your "goalie killer" theory.
Maybe not hynes himself I actually like his goalie starting decisions most of the time. But this iteration of his system will absolutely kill goalies. No wonder most of them are crazy and Brodeur was even keeled. He didn’t have many bad teams.
This season Schneider has looked like the single worst goalie in the league. I think it’s a combination of injuries and this team defense. Schneider would absolutely have a win if he played on last nights islanders. I think he’s a bad goalie because of injuries but still should be better than mike McKenna and other barely nhl caliber goalies. It’s just too far a drop in play.
Kinkaid was up and down early on and actually had solid months up until December. The devils were not getting lucky and were being torched against good teams but better or equal to the mediocre to bad teams and really good at home. They were awful awful awful at 3 on 3 with no luck whatsoever. During this time the team could not rely on their backup and the pressure combined with the tough schedule and the devils awful play broke him. I do think he will progress back to somewhere in between how he’s performed the last month and how he started because the devils have the easiest schedule in the league moving forward. His lost some of his aggression and his positioning is off. He still shows flashes of athleticism. Kinkaid’s December featured 7 of 9 games against the 7 best teams in the league. The Devils have been awful against good teams all season long. So I think it’s fair to say the last 15 games are not a good representation of his goaltending ability.
Blackwood started his season much like Kinkaid did (in fact better) but he has looked pretty below average after that stretch. Hopefully he is somewhere in the middle but towards the better spectrum moving forward. I think he is a legit talent but a few more games like the islanders or if the devils played Tampa- he might get broken too. The good thing is if he plays well hynes will have no hesitation going with him. I would consider a 2.8 gaa and .910 a good season on this team and something to build on for next year. I’m rooting for him because it’s a wasteland for goalie acquisitions out there and I don’t want to see @Bleedred’s heart explode.
So maybe hynes himself isn’t a goalie killer but his system is so momentum based with no consistent structure that I think over time it will promote the use of multiple goalies in order to be successful. I think the last couple seasons hynes/shero have really started to implement and apply their system.
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