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Originally Posted by Bearcat
Yeah, a buddy said it's encouraging they got 6 goals by Hellebuyck, but of course the flip side is that's not going to happen every game and it was a wasted effort.
And at worst, they completely neuter their offense going forward trying to sit back and prevent anything.
On another note, the Canucks in the playoffs always reminds me of the good old days of pulling the division out of their grasp seemingly every season back in the day.... two guys softer than Matthews and Marner, the Sedin brothers.
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Hellebuyck is the worst good goalie I've ever seen. I don't get it.
When the Blues won the cup, he made it possible. And as is his custom, the stats aren't even that bad. But he was always good for a bad goal when the Jets just couldn't have it.
Game 5 was the best example. Just a savage series to that point; home team had won every game and the energy was insane in both barns. The Jets take a 2-0 lead into the 3rd and he just spit the bit. 3 goals, 2 of which should've been stopped. Suddenly the Blues take the 3-2 advantage back to STL. And of course he promptly gets beat on the first shot of the game in Game 6...
And it's not like he's way better now than he was then. The season before that he ended up 2nd in the Vezina voting then won it the season after. He was this guy even then.
But I don't fear him at all. He's a guy who's always appeared to be lesser than his stats.