Tuuka is elite. Top 5 in the NHL. Just look at the Leaf fans *still* crying because they traded him for Andrew Raycroft. That team's trajectory would have been somewhat different if they'd had Tuuka for the past 8 seasons or so.
Player Discussion Tuukka Rask VI
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Dennis Bonvie
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I don't think this is the case at all.
Go to the History of Hockey site on these boards. There is a list of top 40 goalies all-time. Lots of info in there.
Remember, Save Percentage wasn't even a stat until the 1980's. This is the era of light yet huge equipment for goalies. Everyone plays a defensive system. From 1970 to 1994 most teams were all offense.
Dennis Bonvie
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The fact is Tuukka hasn't been in the Top 5 in Goals Against Average or Save Percentage since 2013-2014.
Could the Bruins win the Cup with Rask in goal? Absolutely. As things are panning out, Bruins could be the favorites right now.
rocketdan9
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Past 3 games Rask looks like in 2013 Vezina form
Quickness + anticipation is on point. He is also seeing those high shots very well
Hopefully he can keep it up
Quickness + anticipation is on point. He is also seeing those high shots very well
Hopefully he can keep it up
Stats are all fine but I can't think of five goalies in the league I'd rather have than Rask.
rocketdan9
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Good question. Right now I can't think of five or fewer. At the beginning of the season I might have said Holtby, Price,Vasilevsky, Quick. Now? Maybe none of them. I think you could make a case that any of those guys with maybe one or two others would be wash in terms of talent, except Quick with his injuries.
fin8
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The difference (so far) is, he’s not letting in soft goals that breaks the teams back. He’s making timely saves. He actually stole a game 7, and hasn’t looked this good in years. If Rask keeps playing like this, then I can see him taking this team to the promise land. I still don’t like him much. Let’s see what happens.
CharasLazyWrister
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Probably the most negatively toned “compliment” I’ve ever read on this board. Basically implies that Tuukka is more often than not an obstacle to this team succeeding. Which is, of course, completely false.
Tuukka has overall great since the playoffs started. Game 1 of this series could have easily gone the other way and CBJ would be headed home still not having lost a playoff game.
If he stays at this level, Bruins skaters have no excuse outside of themselves to not advance.
ODAAT
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Rask has been, for 9 games now, the least of my worries
As we all know, not everyone loves Rask. Some criticisms are valid; some are not. One of them in the "not" category that really jumped out at me when I looked at today's game day thread is this:
[Argument against Rask] He's too inconsistent.
[My Response] While no goalie is ever perfectly consistent from game to game or even year to year, Rask might be the most overall consistent goalie to ever play the game. Look at these numbers and tell me they don't scream consistency:
Career regular season numbers = .921 save percentage and 2.28 GAA
Career playoff numbers = .924 save percentage and 2.25 GAA
This year's playoff numbers (so far) = .927 save percentage and 2.24 GAA
It's uncanny.
[Argument against Rask] He's too inconsistent.
[My Response] While no goalie is ever perfectly consistent from game to game or even year to year, Rask might be the most overall consistent goalie to ever play the game. Look at these numbers and tell me they don't scream consistency:
Career regular season numbers = .921 save percentage and 2.28 GAA
Career playoff numbers = .924 save percentage and 2.25 GAA
This year's playoff numbers (so far) = .927 save percentage and 2.24 GAA
It's uncanny.
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Donnie Shulzhoffer
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Everyone go read the first pages of this thread to laugh your ass off
EverettMike
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I've never had more confidence in him than since he returned after his personal issue.
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This qualify as stealing a game Tuukka haters?
Reminds me of when Rory right after he broke up with Caroline Wozniacki. Every time he stepped up to the Tee Box you just knew he was going to stripe it 345.
Lucky for him, he didn’t have to depend on other golfers...cause the rest of the team looks like Tiger driving an SUV into a tree.
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“Rask can’t make the big stops”
*whine whine whine*
Guy kept them in this ****ing game tonight. I don’t want to hear it for awhile
*whine whine whine*
Guy kept them in this ****ing game tonight. I don’t want to hear it for awhile
My favorite has always been "Tuuka is mentally soft." Yes, he's really buckled under the pressure of two tough playoff series' so far
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