Therick67
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So if they play Ulmark and he has a 40 save shutout, we go back to Swayman?
It's the playoffs, you ride the hot guy.
It's the playoffs, you ride the hot guy.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with this rotation talk.
The issue last year was not a lack of a rotation. It was Montgomery sticking with a guy who was CLEARLY INJURED.
This is where I am at. There will be many people here beating there chest when this game is over. In reality it we win it will be deemed the right choice and if we lose it will be considered the wrong decision as if it were the only variable in the game. It's just not the way sport is but it is the nature of chat forums.Trust me, I get it. I've wrestled with it but I just think both goalies have put in amazing performances only to ride the bench next game for the past two seasons. Its not new to them. They can handle it. We're also not starting a scrub in net, he's the reigning Vezina trophy winner. I think whoever they go with, we'll be fine.
They’ve cemented their plans. They just haven’t said it publicly.Unfortunately the indecisions to name a goalie or cement their plan for rotation has them subject to more ridicule unless they just win.
I just hope this isn’t every game where we are doing this.
Why let the other team know your moves? Pretty obvious this is gamesmanship and not indecision...Unfortunately the indecisions to name a goalie or cement their plan for rotation has them subject to more ridicule unless they just win.
I just hope this isn’t every game where we are doing this.
Has a team actually ever tried rotating a goalie? And not just due to poor play by one goalie.Has a team ever won the Stanley Cup rotating goalies? Have they even made the Final? CF?
I know teams like Pittsburgh have sat a goalie who won a round because their starter returned from injury, but a pure rotation? Has it ever worked?
(Doesn't mean it won't, just that we're talking something really radical here that a lot of people seem to think would be crazy not to do!)
Has a team ever won the Stanley Cup rotating goalies? Have they even made the Final? CF?
I know teams like Pittsburgh have sat a goalie who won a round because their starter returned from injury, but a pure rotation? Has it ever worked?
(Doesn't mean it won't, just that we're talking something really radical here that a lot of people seem to think would be crazy not to do!)
Not that I can recall.Has a team ever won the Stanley Cup rotating goalies? Have they even made the Final? CF?
I know teams like Pittsburgh have sat a goalie who won a round because their starter returned from injury, but a pure rotation? Has it ever worked?
(Doesn't mean it won't, just that we're talking something really radical here that a lot of people seem to think would be crazy not to do!)
How many teams have set up a situation where if a goalie loses one game he sits?Not that I can recall.
I'm sure it's happened, but how many teams have changed goalies after game 1 with the goalie giving up one goal stopping 35 out of 36 shots?
Our very own Bruins. One of the 70s cups was an even split.Has a team ever won the Stanley Cup rotating goalies? Have they even made the Final? CF?
I know teams like Pittsburgh have sat a goalie who won a round because their starter returned from injury, but a pure rotation? Has it ever worked?
(Doesn't mean it won't, just that we're talking something really radical here that a lot of people seem to think would be crazy not to do!)
How many?How many teams have set up a situation where if a goalie loses one game he sits?
Our very own Bruins. One of the 70s cups was an even split.
How many examples can you find where a playoff team has had two legit starting goaltenders that ran a rotation for two straight years (to great regular season success) that actually ATTEMPTED the rotation come playoff time?Has a team ever won the Stanley Cup rotating goalies? Have they even made the Final? CF?
I know teams like Pittsburgh have sat a goalie who won a round because their starter returned from injury, but a pure rotation? Has it ever worked?
(Doesn't mean it won't, just that we're talking something really radical here that a lot of people seem to think would be crazy not to do!)
How many examples can you find where a playoff team has had two legit starting goaltenders that ran a rotation for two straight years (to great regular season success) that actually ATTEMPTED the rotation come playoff time?
Asking genuinely. I don't have an example.
I think it's one thing to say "this never works" and another to say "this has never been attempted".
But again... Maybe it happens more often than I can remember.
For what it's worth, I don't think the opinion of those who want Swayman back in is absurd. I get it. He was stellar in game one. Ullmark has his playoff question marks.
The rotation has just worked for two seasons of overachievement. Sorry. It's been the single biggest reason the team has over achieved for the last two seasons. These guys are better for the rotation - they push each other.
It's not broken, so I'm not fixing it. Now if we get a rough performance and loss from Ullmark tonight, Swayman comes back and stones the Leafs in Game 3... And Ullmark comes in for four and shits the bed? It's Sway time.
But I'm not preemptively making that change in Game 2. I'm sticking with what's worked and what's got us to this point.