Its same group of ppl who also view Faulk as elite dmen. I think they are some sort of Facebook St Louis Blues group. Everybody can see who they are.
Prospect Info: Ville Husso (2014 Draft - 94 Overall)
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There's a reason the vast majority of hockey players aren't goalies. Very few actually have any idea what it's about. Now transpose that ratio onto the fanbase, and you have some clue why unless every goalie is Patrick Roy he's viewed as a failure.
Husso should never have been put in this situation. I don't see him as any better than an AHL goalie, from what I've seen so far. This is what happens when you let go of a 1A goalie trying to resign a guy that was never going to stay.
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Jake Allen was one of the worst goalies in the league when given a 1A workload. His performance in 2017-2019 was worse than what we've gotten from Husso.
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A GSAA of -10.3 and -5.3 behind one of the best defenses in the league speaks for itself.
Those were Allen's stats from the 17-18 and 18-19 seasons.
If I remember right Husso was bit slow to get going In Finland also at top level. Then he found his game.
Patiense might be the key here.
Patiense might be the key here.
He made some emphatic saves during the LA game that made me think he's a gamer and he's here to stay.
I admit, I was on the "Husso sucks" (in fact, earlier in the thread I referred to him as "hot garbage" bandwagon early last season, and then his first shutout against Minnesota made a believer out of me.
This latest performance gives me a lot of hope.
Hopefully, the romanticization of Jake Allen is over with, as now we have a capable backup and a solid goalie tandem.
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Also, I was wrong. I'm sorry, Ville. 
I admit, I was on the "Husso sucks" (in fact, earlier in the thread I referred to him as "hot garbage" bandwagon early last season, and then his first shutout against Minnesota made a believer out of me.
This latest performance gives me a lot of hope.
Hopefully, the romanticization of Jake Allen is over with, as now we have a capable backup and a solid goalie tandem.
EDIT:
Also, I was wrong. I'm sorry, Ville.
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Hey, the criticism was very valid at the time. He was awful in most games and got bailed out by the team unironically given how bad the team was all year. He went 9-6-1 but had an awful gaa over 3 and bad sv% under .900. By all accounts, there were plenty of goalies who could do as good, if not better than what he was giving. He's lucky though, because even though progression isn't necessarily linear, if there were other/better options wthin the organization, I think they would've gone to those rather than him. He came back to training camp and apparently looked good, and proved it with a shutout against a decent Kings offense. I'd like to see 2 or so games before I am aboard the Husso train, but I really do hope he can prove he's a good backup/1B option for this team.He made some emphatic saves during the LA game that made me think he's a gamer and he's here to stay.
I admit, I was on the "Husso sucks" (in fact, earlier in the thread I referred to him as "hot garbage" bandwagon early last season, and then his first shutout against Minnesota made a believer out of me.
This latest performance gives me a lot of hope.
Hopefully, the romanticization of Jake Allen is over with, as now we have a capable backup and a solid goalie tandem.
EDIT:
Also, I was wrong. I'm sorry, Ville.
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His size is an asset and his positioning against LA was strong. Very few (2?) rebounds.
Definitely has the ability to be a solid backup to Binnnington this year and a potential starter when the chance comes.
Definitely has the ability to be a solid backup to Binnnington this year and a potential starter when the chance comes.
I was happy to see a good performance out of Husso, but some of the comments seem way too quick to anticipate a solid season from him. I’d like to see some consistency first. The physical tools were never the question. It’s been his mental preparation. One strong start is a step the right direction.
Agree. And as a rule of thumb October is not the time to judge anything in the hockey world.
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Sounds like it will be stopped for bit. He's now on the Covid protocol list.
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I was just saying the reason Hofer was recalled was because Husso went on Cov8d protocol, not because there's something wrong with Binnington.
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