You just know there will be Capitals fans buying Kraken jersies just to put Vanecek on the back of it.
Just like Orpik's time with Colorado, VV will be forever a Kraken legend! The only undefeated goaltender in their history.
You just know there will be Capitals fans buying Kraken jersies just to put Vanecek on the back of it.
He said boldly before the Kraken went 82-0-0 in their debut season and swept their way to the Stanley Cup.Just like Orpik's time with Colorado, VV will be forever a Kraken legend! The only undefeated goaltender in their history.
He said boldly before the Kraken went 82-0-0 in their debut season and swept their way to the Stanley Cup.
Given Ron Francis ED results as GM, the Caps 8-74 inaugural season may be more in jeopardy than 82-0 is
Only if they have Arizona and Buffalo as their opponents.He said boldly before the Kraken went 82-0-0 in their debut season and swept their way to the Stanley Cup.
They open against Vancouver, which is like the next best thingOnly if they have Arizona and Buffalo as their opponents.
"f*** you, f*** you, you're cool, and.. f*** you I'm out"Would be funny if Vanecek did the whole Half-Baked scene and now comes back and goes " oh hey guys!"
It's crazy funny how a grown man could be fanboying over another dude who's been walking the line of losing his job for like 2 years at least. The commitment is commendable, I'll give you that but can't take this stuff seriously lol.
The difference is I wasn't bashing him for having opinion in the first place. He did. I'm just pointing out how hypocritical his post looks right now. The guy states with authority that there's no way Ted even thought of firing Maclellan at any point since the cup run. That's just stupid. Literally nobody knows did he actually think about that or not.
His first season was actually 2018. Korn took a step back and Scott Murray took over. Holtby regressed. Korn was called back in part-way thru the season to fix Holtby.
I think comparing Murray to Forsythe isn't fair to Forsythe at all. Even if you feel the Capitals powerplay has gone stale and needs a change (which is a defensible position to hold) and that Forsythe hasn't been able to provide that change, that's still ignoring that Forsythe has been very successful in his role previously. It's not just the talent. The Forsythe/Oates 1-3-1 literally changed how the entire league approaches the powerplay. After they ran this variant of the 1-3-1 out there, almost every other team in the league began copycatting it within 2-3 years. Other teams have other variants to suit their players, but the base structure was adapted from what Washington was doing.Caps winning a Cup in 2018 masks how bad Scott Murray is as a goalie coach. He was just a placeholder goalie coach. I have not seen anything from our young goalies that tells me Murray is having a big impact in helping them become better goalies. To me Murray is the equivalent of Forsythe. The talent makes them both look good, but we know the NHL is more than just having great talent. That talent has know how to play the right way. Sammy has to work a lot on his mental game and Vanecek just doesn't have enough talent to last. I just don't see Murray helping either goalie take the next step.
Also noteworthy that Vanacek outperforming expectations last year says nothing about the coaching quality.Vanny just outperformed expectations last season. A likely career AHL’er forced into a NHL starter role and not flopping.
Sammy is singularly responsible for his own shortcomings and delaying his development arc so far.
Blame the players instead of scapegoating. GMBM, Forsythe, Murray….all steadily employed and yet some fans want them canned because they know better….lol…
Who’s the upgrade at Goalie Coach coming in?
Vanecek performed exactly league-average last year, if you measure it by overall sv% (or by total GSAA where he was a flat 0.00). Other metrics are less kind. Among the 35 goalies with 1100+ mins, his 5v5 sv% was 23rd and his high danger sv% was 32nd. Did he beat expectations? Perhaps, but that's more of a result of very modest expectations, especially for a guy that's already been within Washington's goalie system since 2015. This is still a 2nd round pick goalie that management felt the need to trade up for in the draft. He didn't exactly light the world on fire, and clinging to bringing up a goalie to be passable isn't exactly a crowning achievement for Scott Murray.Also noteworthy that Vanacek outperforming expectations last year says nothing about the coaching quality.
As I said previously, failure is evidence of suck, but success is purely luck.
First of all, "poll the forum" is not a serious argument, the forum has as much idea as you about all this stuff which is zero. Secondly, the evidence that the guy doesn't do his job well lately is factual more than opinionated therefore there's the basis for thinking that the questioning of his competency for the job took place at least at some point in Ted's mind. No playoff series won for the last 3 years, goaltending problem is not solved and hasn't been since Holtby came off that cup run and become barely playable for a serious team, the defense aside from Carlson who looked atrocious this year and Orlov is borderline NHL level and the performance of their top-6 F is going downhill with no replacement for any single one of them in sight. That's FACTUAL.I have alot more past circumstantial evidence that points to my opinion than anything you can come up with. Please give me anything that shows that he's "walking the line" for the last 2 years. Ted's track record says otherwise, the fact that the last 2 years are nothing like any GM's have dealt with before, the list goes on and on to support there is next to zero chance the thought has entered Teds mind. Poll the forum and I guarantee it's very very lop sided my way.
Mine is opinion backed up by something yours is just your dreams/desires.
First of all, "poll the forum" is not a serious argument, the forum has as much idea as you about all this stuff which is zero. Secondly, the evidence that the guy doesn't do his job well lately is factual more than opinionated therefore there's the basis for thinking that the questioning of his competency for the job took place at least at some point in Ted's mind. No playoff series won for the last 3 years, goaltending problem is not solved and hasn't been since Holtby came off that cup run and become barely playable for a serious team, the defense aside from Carlson who looked atrocious this year and Orlov is borderline NHL level and the performance of their top-6 F is going downhill with no replacement for any single one of them in sight. That's FACTUAL.
Now there's zero evidence on your part that Ted hasn't even thought of that and literally nothing you can come up with that would actually prove otherwise. He can have a track record of 50 years of not firing people for sucking, that doesn't mean he's not contemplated that yet in this particular case. But sure go on and keep flexing the biceups for this appreciative audience lol.
First of all, "poll the forum" is not a serious argument, the forum has as much idea as you about all this stuff which is zero. Secondly, the evidence that the guy doesn't do his job well lately is factual more than opinionated therefore there's the basis for thinking that the questioning of his competency for the job took place at least at some point in Ted's mind. No playoff series won for the last 3 years, goaltending problem is not solved and hasn't been since Holtby came off that cup run and become barely playable for a serious team, the defense aside from Carlson who looked atrocious this year and Orlov is borderline NHL level and the performance of their top-6 F is going downhill with no replacement for any single one of them in sight. That's FACTUAL.
Now there's zero evidence on your part that Ted hasn't even thought of that and literally nothing you can come up with that would actually prove otherwise. He can have a track record of 50 years of not firing people for sucking, that doesn't mean he's not contemplated that yet in this particular case. But sure go on and keep flexing the biceups for this appreciative audience lol.
Glad VV is back. Even if he was League average, that’s still acceptable for a rookie.
If you consider the new system and the new coach and the demands and changes in the defense corp and that he had to start 17 games in a row during that period, that he was at the league average is actually saying something
The question about VV, same with Sammy, is not "were they worth the money" last year because both were paid very little and performed "OK", so thats clearly a yes. The question should be, does either one have the upside to become a very good playoff caliber goalie. I think the jury is still somewhat out on that but the safe bet is that Sammy has the upside if he can get his head right, and VV appears to be at or close to his peak NHL performance level, given his age and overall experience. Sure, he could take a big jump this year, but that's not the safe bet. The more likely outcome is a modest improvement, but not a leap into the All Star level which we kinda need.
So like @ALLCAPSALLTHETIME says, I hope he can build on what he's done but I'm not counting on a big lead forward... just a small one.
The fact that several of us have watched and followed him for longer than just last year, combined with the eye test. He doesn't have elite size, or explosive quickness, or even absolute technical mastery. He can patch up some of the technical areas of his game and try and improve some (reading the puck beneath the goal line, puck movement, rebound control), but none of that is going to propel him to a whole different level of goaltending. He hasn't even displayed the same dominance in the minor leagues that other previous Caps netminders did. The comparison people like to make is Michal Neuvirth, but Neuvy was absolutely dominant in Hershey (specifically during their back-to-back Calder runs). VV hasn't shown that "next level" in his gameplay at any of the levels he's competed at.How does he appear to be at or close to his peak?
Samsonov also has his 2019-20 season, where his save percentage was 16 points higher than the other goalie on the roster. He's given us a taste of his potential at the NHL level. He's demonstrated that he can be an above average (or better) NHL goaltender.These are both things that Samsonov has no positives to show. Samsonov has pedigree. Thats it.
Samsonov also has his 2019-20 season, where his save percentage was 16 points higher than the other goalie on the roster. He's given us a taste of his potential at the NHL level. He's demonstrated that he can be an above average (or better) NHL goaltender.