Gentle Man
09/12
Hell yeahKeeping receipts
gotta make sure 'Dac Zalpe' is doing well in Charlotte
Hell yeahKeeping receipts
He didn't get the job by performance, and if Carey Price told them he was ready again, he wouldn't be the starter.I am not saying I agree w/the bump, but Montembeault is legitimately playing very well. He is not a 1B, he is the best goalie the Canadiens have by an appreciable margin and is a legit NHL starter IMO.
Ok. After watching him having to fight thru some outstanding bullshit the last couple years, to say he didnt get the job by performance is inflammatory. His biggest competitor has been the same as Jake Allen, but not Jake Allen who also deserves better. Their competition is the mostly imperfect team in front of them. Decent landing spot? Hell of a proving ground. And prove he's been doing.He didn't get the job by performance, and if Carey Price told them he was ready again, he wouldn't be the starter.
He is a quality goaltender, but a 1B on almost every team league wide, no shame there at all, but his biggest competitor is Jake Allen. He plays on a tanking, terrible team, lol, keep it in perspective. Also a great help is being French Canadian in MTL.
Name me another team where he would be a full time starter, I see less than maybe 5 possibilities league wide. He landed in almost a perfect spot in a moment no one expected their star goalie to abandon the team.
Again, good for Monty, but he has been in a decent landing spot on some very bad teams.
Top 8 he is not lolI think you're being generous with that list of teams, but certainly from what I've seen I think there are maybe 7-8 teams where he'd be penciled in as the starter, and several more teams that would love to have him right now due to injuries/illness.
At the moment, he's a quality starter on a very reasonable contract.
Bottom 20 he is notTop 8 he is not lol
Always ready for the debate, which teams?I think you're being generous with that list of teams, but certainly from what I've seen I think there are maybe 7-8 teams where he'd be penciled in as the starter, and several more teams that would love to have him right now due to injuries/illness.
At the moment, he's a quality starter on a very reasonable contract.
Bottom 20 he is not
Always ready for the debate, which teams?
Debatable as always, the cause for "bad goaltending", but yeah that's 9 of the 25 teams where he's better than the current Gs!NJD, SJS, Arizona, St. Louis, Ottawa, Anaheim, Buffalo, Chicago and (surprisingly) Calgary I think are all teams that have had bad goaltending out of healthy starters this season.
Okay, that's 9 teams that I think would have probably given Monty a shot in the starter's crease this season for performance reasons rather than injury reasons. The state of goaltending in the NHL right now is not great.