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Post by The OC on Feb 14, 2022 18:22:07 GMT
Lol, you’re making it even worse. Stop embarrassing yourself. But let me ask, why do you think NYI have scored the fewest goals? seems to me, others have been pretty open and expansive in their thoughts. you haven't. we're way past the time to tell you in no uncertain terms, it's your turn to start providing some fuckin answers I have, right in my first response to you today. I even put it in big letters for you.
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Post by bookboy007 on Feb 14, 2022 18:30:28 GMT
I think Linus is a good goalie. If he does that "big man" thing well he can be solid. Reminds me a bit of Robin Lehner. The big issue I see with him is he seems a bit slow, especially side-to-side. If he plays very positionally sound as a proper modern Big G, he can use his size to be very effective. I think his lack of athleticism will hold him back from ever being considered "great". Swayman reminds me of a young Carey Price. Sky's the limit. We're 29 games into his career and his line is .928 1.96 4SO. He's new, things could go downhill for sure, but we're getting closer to the point of a full season's worth of games and there's a lot to like. His stats would get him a Vezina. You could also add "beat Halak out of a job" to Swayman's Price costume. The team GAA is 2.80. Swayman's is 2.22. Ullmark is 2.78. In 4 games, an unprepared Tuukka gave up so many goals, it bent the team GAA higher than the GAA of either of the other two goalies. If you take Rask and his four games out of the equation, Swaymark has combined for a GAA of 2.54 - good for 4th best in the NHL. So the sky is firmly in place for now. I don't think the story is as good as that would suggest. There have been a few too many beatings absorbed where games might have been much different with a couple of makeable saves. It happened with Tuukka too, but just...not this often. I didn't like the Pittsburgh game from Swayman, for example, but Rask had those games where shots that had no business found a way. Ullmark is the more vulnerable 'tender, though, because I think teams know that he can be beat with lateral puck movement. The Bruins - and especially the forwards and even more particularly the Cs - need to be immaculate at taking those cross-ice passes away. It's a weakness that can be managed to some extent, which isn't true about a goalie being 5' 7". The Bruins just need to recognize they may need to protect him that way to get the best results - or that they're going to have to be willing to take their chances. Team D and decision-making has been particularly bad this year, and a lot of the goals against have come from the inability of forwards to get the puck out along the wall, dumb plays on dump outs that don't get deep enough and allow teams easy re-loads, and an idiotic number of dumb and soft plays at the offensive blueline that have led to high danger chances the other way. I think Ullmark will be fine for what he is, but with Rask now officially out of the picture, I suspect this is Swayman's team in the playoffs and next year with Ullmark potentially even on the block for years three and four of his deal for a cheaper backup. Not that he doesn't still have things he needs to work on, but they don't have a better option that to let him run with it and hope that rookie naivete works in their favour as it sometimes does with goalies.
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Post by nitelite on Feb 14, 2022 20:07:33 GMT
I think Linus is a good goalie. If he does that "big man" thing well he can be solid. Reminds me a bit of Robin Lehner. The big issue I see with him is he seems a bit slow, especially side-to-side. If he plays very positionally sound as a proper modern Big G, he can use his size to be very effective. I think his lack of athleticism will hold him back from ever being considered "great". Swayman reminds me of a young Carey Price. Sky's the limit. We're 29 games into his career and his line is .928 1.96 4SO. He's new, things could go downhill for sure, but we're getting closer to the point of a full season's worth of games and there's a lot to like. His stats would get him a Vezina. You could also add "beat Halak out of a job" to Swayman's Price costume. The team GAA is 2.80. Swayman's is 2.22. Ullmark is 2.78. In 4 games, an unprepared Tuukka gave up so many goals, it bent the team GAA higher than the GAA of either of the other two goalies. If you take Rask and his four games out of the equation, Swaymark has combined for a GAA of 2.54 - good for 4th best in the NHL. So the sky is firmly in place for now. I don't think the story is as good as that would suggest. There have been a few too many beatings absorbed where games might have been much different with a couple of makeable saves. It happened with Tuukka too, but just...not this often. I didn't like the Pittsburgh game from Swayman, for example, but Rask had those games where shots that had no business found a way. Ullmark is the more vulnerable 'tender, though, because I think teams know that he can be beat with lateral puck movement. The Bruins - and especially the forwards and even more particularly the Cs - need to be immaculate at taking those cross-ice passes away. It's a weakness that can be managed to some extent, which isn't true about a goalie being 5' 7". The Bruins just need to recognize they may need to protect him that way to get the best results - or that they're going to have to be willing to take their chances. Team D and decision-making has been particularly bad this year, and a lot of the goals against have come from the inability of forwards to get the puck out along the wall, dumb plays on dump outs that don't get deep enough and allow teams easy re-loads, and an idiotic number of dumb and soft plays at the offensive blueline that have led to high danger chances the other way. I think Ullmark will be fine for what he is, but with Rask now officially out of the picture, I suspect this is Swayman's team in the playoffs and next year with Ullmark potentially even on the block for years three and four of his deal for a cheaper backup. Not that he doesn't still have things he needs to work on, but they don't have a better option that to let him run with it and hope that rookie naivete works in their favour as it sometimes does with goalies. No- I didn't either, BUT he's 23 & still developing & that's a huge difference. Ullmark is as good as he's gonna get, so him allowing those shit goals is a lot more deflating for the team than when Swayman does it. What lateral movement bb? Yes the d has been suspect in quite a few games, so that's why it's even more important for the goalies to not allow cheapies! It gets magnified 10 fold when they do. It would sure help with the bad taste if they weren't paying the strainer as much as they are for as long as they're gonna be.
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Post by bookboy007 on Feb 14, 2022 20:26:10 GMT
You could also add "beat Halak out of a job" to Swayman's Price costume. The team GAA is 2.80. Swayman's is 2.22. Ullmark is 2.78. In 4 games, an unprepared Tuukka gave up so many goals, it bent the team GAA higher than the GAA of either of the other two goalies. If you take Rask and his four games out of the equation, Swaymark has combined for a GAA of 2.54 - good for 4th best in the NHL. So the sky is firmly in place for now. I don't think the story is as good as that would suggest. There have been a few too many beatings absorbed where games might have been much different with a couple of makeable saves. It happened with Tuukka too, but just...not this often. I didn't like the Pittsburgh game from Swayman, for example, but Rask had those games where shots that had no business found a way. Ullmark is the more vulnerable 'tender, though, because I think teams know that he can be beat with lateral puck movement. The Bruins - and especially the forwards and even more particularly the Cs - need to be immaculate at taking those cross-ice passes away. It's a weakness that can be managed to some extent, which isn't true about a goalie being 5' 7". The Bruins just need to recognize they may need to protect him that way to get the best results - or that they're going to have to be willing to take their chances. Team D and decision-making has been particularly bad this year, and a lot of the goals against have come from the inability of forwards to get the puck out along the wall, dumb plays on dump outs that don't get deep enough and allow teams easy re-loads, and an idiotic number of dumb and soft plays at the offensive blueline that have led to high danger chances the other way. I think Ullmark will be fine for what he is, but with Rask now officially out of the picture, I suspect this is Swayman's team in the playoffs and next year with Ullmark potentially even on the block for years three and four of his deal for a cheaper backup. Not that he doesn't still have things he needs to work on, but they don't have a better option that to let him run with it and hope that rookie naivete works in their favour as it sometimes does with goalies. No- I didn't either, BUT he's 23 & still developing & that's a huge difference. Ullmark is as good as he's gonna get, so him allowing those shit goals is a lot more deflating for the team than when Swayman does it. What lateral movement bb? Yes the d has been suspect in quite a few games, so that's why it's even more important for the goalies to not allow cheapies! It gets magnified 10 fold when they do. It would sure help with the bad taste if they weren't paying the strainer as much as they are for as long as they're gonna be. 1. Yeah, and they're going to happen. Marchand has about 20 games a year I don't like. Pastrnak the same. Games where they try to do too much, get too fancy, take bad risks, lose battles far more than they should etc. etc.. 2. To be clear, I said he can be beat by lateral puck movement - meaning if you make him try to move laterally...which he seems unable to do. 3. I think the question is how many have been genuine cheapies vs. odd man rushes and high danger chances? You're the one with the subscription to the data, but boy, it sure seems to me like they lose more games because they shoot themselves in the foot than that goalies lose games for them. 4. Bruce was balancing the work almost exactly 50/50 before Tuukka, so I expect we see that again unless one guy or the other guys cuckoo one way or the other. Jan 10th, both guys had played 16 games, s% was .918-.916 for Swayman, and GAA 2.26-2.57 also for Swayman. Been a bad few weeks of goaltending between the Rask experiment failing and some stinkers from Ullmark - though the Carolina game didn't feel like a Bruins game at all with all three of the last standing ring-bearers from 2011 all out.
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Post by stevegm on Feb 14, 2022 21:13:23 GMT
Stop being an idiot. if you "aren't suggesting Ullmark is better"...you already know the answer. And that answer(which is the fucking question no one is asking, other than some jackass being swept up in Oates's dodgeball routine) is simple. Anderson has played 1939 minutes this year. Ullmark 1448. Most garden variety half-wits don't need this shoved up their ass, before accepting the obvious. That's not the answer to the question. Its time for you to get checked in and you can start yelling at walls and the leaves blowing around. I knew you would finally blow a gasket. And now you are on ignore. If you consider that, blowing a gasket...you need to read up on gaskets. And you need to stop trolling, when you can't back yourself up.
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Post by stevegm on Feb 14, 2022 21:17:44 GMT
seems to me, others have been pretty open and expansive in their thoughts. you haven't. we're way past the time to tell you in no uncertain terms, it's your turn to start providing some fuckin answers I have, right in my first response to you today. I even put it in big letters for you. no you didn't. can't you even get a one line pivot close to the truth? put me on ignore too please.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Feb 14, 2022 21:52:25 GMT
You could also add "beat Halak out of a job" to Swayman's Price costume. The team GAA is 2.80. Swayman's is 2.22. Ullmark is 2.78. In 4 games, an unprepared Tuukka gave up so many goals, it bent the team GAA higher than the GAA of either of the other two goalies. If you take Rask and his four games out of the equation, Swaymark has combined for a GAA of 2.54 - good for 4th best in the NHL. So the sky is firmly in place for now. I don't think the story is as good as that would suggest. There have been a few too many beatings absorbed where games might have been much different with a couple of makeable saves. It happened with Tuukka too, but just...not this often. I didn't like the Pittsburgh game from Swayman, for example, but Rask had those games where shots that had no business found a way. Ullmark is the more vulnerable 'tender, though, because I think teams know that he can be beat with lateral puck movement. The Bruins - and especially the forwards and even more particularly the Cs - need to be immaculate at taking those cross-ice passes away. It's a weakness that can be managed to some extent, which isn't true about a goalie being 5' 7". The Bruins just need to recognize they may need to protect him that way to get the best results - or that they're going to have to be willing to take their chances. Team D and decision-making has been particularly bad this year, and a lot of the goals against have come from the inability of forwards to get the puck out along the wall, dumb plays on dump outs that don't get deep enough and allow teams easy re-loads, and an idiotic number of dumb and soft plays at the offensive blueline that have led to high danger chances the other way. I think Ullmark will be fine for what he is, but with Rask now officially out of the picture, I suspect this is Swayman's team in the playoffs and next year with Ullmark potentially even on the block for years three and four of his deal for a cheaper backup. Not that he doesn't still have things he needs to work on, but they don't have a better option that to let him run with it and hope that rookie naivete works in their favour as it sometimes does with goalies. No- I didn't either, BUT he's 23 & still developing & that's a huge difference. Ullmark is as good as he's gonna get, so him allowing those shit goals is a lot more deflating for the team than when Swayman does it. What lateral movement bb? Yes the d has been suspect in quite a few games, so that's why it's even more important for the goalies to not allow cheapies! It gets magnified 10 fold when they do. It would sure help with the bad taste if they weren't paying the strainer as much as they are for as long as they're gonna be. False its deflating when any goalie lets in a saveble shot.
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Post by dannycater on Feb 14, 2022 23:57:52 GMT
No- I didn't either, BUT he's 23 & still developing & that's a huge difference. Ullmark is as good as he's gonna get, so him allowing those shit goals is a lot more deflating for the team than when Swayman does it. What lateral movement bb? Yes the d has been suspect in quite a few games, so that's why it's even more important for the goalies to not allow cheapies! It gets magnified 10 fold when they do. It would sure help with the bad taste if they weren't paying the strainer as much as they are for as long as they're gonna be. False its deflating when any goalie lets in a saveble shot. Worst....goal.....ever www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx68_gxXt_c
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Post by mdsizzle on Feb 15, 2022 0:18:26 GMT
And now you are shitting on my boyhood idol?! Can we go back to just kicking my dog? And for the record, Swayman puck to the logo that he had to dig out of the back of the net was 100X worse. Just not as important timing-wise.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Feb 15, 2022 0:29:43 GMT
Wouldn't have to be in that effing position if Wesley could hit the a broad side of a barn. Only if poor Andy had Garths Snows padding. That damn series would had been different.
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Post by dannycater on Feb 15, 2022 0:30:22 GMT
And now you are shitting on my boyhood idol?! Can we go back to just kicking my dog? And for the record, Swayman puck to the logo that he had to dig out of the back of the net was 100X worse. Just not as important timing-wise. It was the worst feeling, ending of a game I've ever seen in sports history for me...I don't care about the 9 million x they show Buckner, Wakefield v. Boone, the Giants Catch, etc....that was the worst feeling I've ever had as a sports fan. It will never be topped because of how old i was at the time and how truly depressed I was the next 24 hours...it killed me that game. Poor Andy.....Raymond with the great rally 2 goals in 3rd...Wesley...argggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....truly the definition of deflating.
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Post by mdsizzle on Feb 15, 2022 0:35:14 GMT
Wouldn't have to be in that effing position if Wesley could hit the a broad side of a barn. Only if poor Andy had Garths Snows padding. That damn series would had been different. From that game on I couldn't stand Wesley.
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Post by dannycater on Feb 15, 2022 0:46:46 GMT
Wouldn't have to be in that effing position if Wesley could hit the a broad side of a barn. Only if poor Andy had Garths Snows padding. That damn series would had been different. From that game on I couldn't stand Wesley. almost 6 hours between start and finish including power failure
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Post by nitelite on Feb 15, 2022 1:30:21 GMT
No- I didn't either, BUT he's 23 & still developing & that's a huge difference. Ullmark is as good as he's gonna get, so him allowing those shit goals is a lot more deflating for the team than when Swayman does it. What lateral movement bb? Yes the d has been suspect in quite a few games, so that's why it's even more important for the goalies to not allow cheapies! It gets magnified 10 fold when they do. It would sure help with the bad taste if they weren't paying the strainer as much as they are for as long as they're gonna be. 1. Yeah, and they're going to happen. Marchand has about 20 games a year I don't like. Pastrnak the same. Games where they try to do too much, get too fancy, take bad risks, lose battles far more than they should etc. etc.. 2. To be clear, I said he can be beat by lateral puck movement - meaning if you make him try to move laterally...which he seems unable to do.
3. I think the question is how many have been genuine cheapies vs. odd man rushes and high danger chances? You're the one with the subscription to the data, but boy, it sure seems to me like they lose more games because they shoot themselves in the foot than that goalies lose games for them.
4. Bruce was balancing the work almost exactly 50/50 before Tuukka, so I expect we see that again unless one guy or the other guys cuckoo one way or the other. Jan 10th, both guys had played 16 games, s% was .918-.916 for Swayman, and GAA 2.26-2.57 also for Swayman. Been a bad few weeks of goaltending between the Rask experiment failing and some stinkers from Ullmark - though the Carolina game didn't feel like a Bruins game at all with all three of the last standing ring-bearers from 2011 all out. Sorry book- I meant to say. What's lateral movement bb? Does LU even know what that is? Well- again this depends on the game right? I mean there's games where the B's have a 2 goal lead, the other team starts to press a bit. LU makes some decent saves, but then he allows a floater from the point. Then he gets scrambling all over the place. LU is laying on his belly, arms & legs going every which way. a dman & a forward end up in the crease trying to cover the net, because LU scrambled himself into another zip code. The other team feels they have the B's on the ropes now & the opposing team eventually cash in & tie the game, or even go ahead. Now, the B's are forced to push the play more which includes the d-men pinching. Then they end up giving up odd man rushes. So, maybe all the goals weren't cheap, but going back & looking at highlights. Most of the time LU allowed that one shit goal & it turns the whole game around. He's not the cause of the whole team breaking down, but more often than not he's helped the opposing team get back in the game.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Feb 15, 2022 1:48:27 GMT
Since we are now down to two for the immediate future, maybe we can use this to track their progress. Since Tuuk retired its been a shutout for Swayman and a big-time tinker from Ullmark. In linus's defense, the Canes are not exactly bottom feeders and they smoked us up and down the ice, so not exactly an easy one for Linus.. Although he did look pretty putrid as far as the eye test goes and gross stars aside. If part of the question, in the title of the thread, who has the higher ceiling ? I think that is an easy question for me to answer- Swayman. I'm looking through Patrick Swayzes game logs. Most impressive win was against Nashville 42 save shutout gem. But he's got some ugly losses. Cassidy is not giving Swayman starts against the better teams. Gotta wonder a bit if that is by design. I don't think it just worked out that way with the schedule.
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Post by sandogbrewin on Feb 15, 2022 1:49:34 GMT
Wouldn't have to be in that effing position if Wesley could hit the a broad side of a barn. Only if poor Andy had Garths Snows padding. That damn series would had been different. From that game on I couldn't stand Wesley. The trade to Hartford that kept on giving.
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Post by nitelite on Feb 15, 2022 1:52:54 GMT
No- I didn't either, BUT he's 23 & still developing & that's a huge difference. Ullmark is as good as he's gonna get, so him allowing those shit goals is a lot more deflating for the team than when Swayman does it. What lateral movement bb? Yes the d has been suspect in quite a few games, so that's why it's even more important for the goalies to not allow cheapies! It gets magnified 10 fold when they do. It would sure help with the bad taste if they weren't paying the strainer as much as they are for as long as they're gonna be. False its deflating when any goalie lets in a saveble shot. Sorry, let me fix that thought. It doesn't linger as long. I can almost guarantee you that the team has a far different attitude between the 2 goalies when they allow a shit goal. For one the attitude is more along the lines of "Aw fuck Sway what happened there kid!" to "FFS LU- REALLY! WTF DUDE! Comon wake the fuck up here!"
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Post by nitelite on Feb 15, 2022 1:56:00 GMT
Since we are now down to two for the immediate future, maybe we can use this to track their progress. Since Tuuk retired its been a shutout for Swayman and a big-time tinker from Ullmark. In linus's defense, the Canes are not exactly bottom feeders and they smoked us up and down the ice, so not exactly an easy one for Linus.. Although he did look pretty putrid as far as the eye test goes and gross stars aside. If part of the question, in the title of the thread, who has the higher ceiling ? I think that is an easy question for me to answer- Swayman. I'm looking through Patrick Swayzes game logs. Most impressive win was against Nashville 42 save shutout gem. But he's got some ugly losses. Cassidy is not giving Swayman starts against the better teams. Gotta wonder a bit if that is by design. I don't think it just worked out that way with the schedule. He's got one tomorrow & he's looking at one of the best in the league down the other end.
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Post by nitelite on Feb 15, 2022 2:01:39 GMT
Wouldn't have to be in that effing position if Wesley could hit the a broad side of a barn. Only if poor Andy had Garths Snows padding. That damn series would had been different. Well- you could also say they shouldn't have been in that position if Ranford didn't turn into a GOD in that 1st period! Bruins should've been up 3-0 at least! Still can't believe he held Cam to just 4 assist in that series!
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Post by sandogbrewin on Feb 15, 2022 2:03:05 GMT
I think Linus is a good goalie. If he does that "big man" thing well he can be solid. Reminds me a bit of Robin Lehner. The big issue I see with him is he seems a bit slow, especially side-to-side. If he plays very positionally sound as a proper modern Big G, he can use his size to be very effective. I think his lack of athleticism will hold him back from ever being considered "great". Swayman reminds me of a young Carey Price. Sky's the limit. We're 29 games into his career and his line is .928 1.96 4SO. He's new, things could go downhill for sure, but we're getting closer to the point of a full season's worth of games and there's a lot to like. His stats would get him a Vezina. You could also add "beat Halak out of a job" to Swayman's Price costume. The team GAA is 2.80. Swayman's is 2.22. Ullmark is 2.78. In 4 games, an unprepared Tuukka gave up so many goals, it bent the team GAA higher than the GAA of either of the other two goalies. If you take Rask and his four games out of the equation, Swaymark has combined for a GAA of 2.54 - good for 4th best in the NHL. So the sky is firmly in place for now. I don't think the story is as good as that would suggest. There have been a few too many beatings absorbed where games might have been much different with a couple of makeable saves. It happened with Tuukka too, but just...not this often. I didn't like the Pittsburgh game from Swayman, for example, but Rask had those games where shots that had no business found a way. Ullmark is the more vulnerable 'tender, though, because I think teams know that he can be beat with lateral puck movement. The Bruins - and especially the forwards and even more particularly the Cs - need to be immaculate at taking those cross-ice passes away. It's a weakness that can be managed to some extent, which isn't true about a goalie being 5' 7". The Bruins just need to recognize they may need to protect him that way to get the best results - or that they're going to have to be willing to take their chances. Team D and decision-making has been particularly bad this year, and a lot of the goals against have come from the inability of forwards to get the puck out along the wall, dumb plays on dump outs that don't get deep enough and allow teams easy re-loads, and an idiotic number of dumb and soft plays at the offensive blueline that have led to high danger chances the other way. I think Ullmark will be fine for what he is, but with Rask now officially out of the picture, I suspect this is Swayman's team in the playoffs and next year with Ullmark potentially even on the block for years three and four of his deal for a cheaper backup. Not that he doesn't still have things he needs to work on, but they don't have a better option that to let him run with it and hope that rookie naivete works in their favour as it sometimes does with goalies. Before they let Swayman run he has to start winning games against playoff teams.
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Post by bookboy007 on Feb 15, 2022 2:06:38 GMT
Since we are now down to two for the immediate future, maybe we can use this to track their progress. Since Tuuk retired its been a shutout for Swayman and a big-time tinker from Ullmark. In linus's defense, the Canes are not exactly bottom feeders and they smoked us up and down the ice, so not exactly an easy one for Linus.. Although he did look pretty putrid as far as the eye test goes and gross stars aside. If part of the question, in the title of the thread, who has the higher ceiling ? I think that is an easy question for me to answer- Swayman. I'm looking through Patrick Swayzes game logs. Most impressive win was against Nashville 42 save shutout gem. But he's got some ugly losses. Cassidy is not giving Swayman starts against the better teams. Gotta wonder a bit if that is by design. I don't think it just worked out that way with the schedule. Roadhouse was on AMC last week. Swayman's had some big boys - and they've lost for the most part when he has. Rangers the first time around. The first Carolina game (and the closest they came to winning against the 'Canes this year). The Bolts in the game they let the Bolts off the hook and lost in OT or SO. The Knights. The 'ville-ans. Ullmark's had more to deal with - the Floridans twice, the Laffs, the Caps twice. It's not that different, but it does look like Cassidy looks for more from the more experienced guy - or he did earlier.
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Post by bookboy007 on Feb 15, 2022 2:07:40 GMT
Wouldn't have to be in that effing position if Wesley could hit the a broad side of a barn. Only if poor Andy had Garths Snows padding. That damn series would had been different. Well- you could also say they shouldn't have been in that position if Ranford didn't turn into a GOD in that 1st period! Bruins should've been up 3-0 at least! Still can't believe he held Cam to just 4 assist in that series! Esa Tikkannen. Possibly the most annoying human being to ever play hockey.
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Post by caperbruins on Feb 15, 2022 3:46:03 GMT
I think this next game is an important one for Swayman. Win or lose he needs to play well. If he is so so ( Pittsburgh) then Ullmark gets his chance to run with it again . I’m really not sure what to expect tomorrow night ( No Bergeron No Marchand ) . I think the backend needs a different look for awhile . I would like to see both Vaakaneinen and Ahcan in the lineup tomorrow night but it won’t happen.
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Post by The OC on Feb 15, 2022 4:31:23 GMT
I have, right in my first response to you today. I even put it in big letters for you. no you didn't. can't you even get a one line pivot close to the truth? put me on ignore too please. I'll never put you on ignore baby. Ignore what you say? Absolutely, but I won't click that mean button.
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Post by The OC on Feb 15, 2022 4:36:50 GMT
I think Linus is a good goalie. If he does that "big man" thing well he can be solid. Reminds me a bit of Robin Lehner. The big issue I see with him is he seems a bit slow, especially side-to-side. If he plays very positionally sound as a proper modern Big G, he can use his size to be very effective. I think his lack of athleticism will hold him back from ever being considered "great". Swayman reminds me of a young Carey Price. Sky's the limit. We're 29 games into his career and his line is .928 1.96 4SO. He's new, things could go downhill for sure, but we're getting closer to the point of a full season's worth of games and there's a lot to like. His stats would get him a Vezina. You could also add "beat Halak out of a job" to Swayman's Price costume. The team GAA is 2.80. Swayman's is 2.22. Ullmark is 2.78. In 4 games, an unprepared Tuukka gave up so many goals, it bent the team GAA higher than the GAA of either of the other two goalies. If you take Rask and his four games out of the equation, Swaymark has combined for a GAA of 2.54 - good for 4th best in the NHL. So the sky is firmly in place for now. I don't think the story is as good as that would suggest. There have been a few too many beatings absorbed where games might have been much different with a couple of makeable saves. It happened with Tuukka too, but just...not this often. I didn't like the Pittsburgh game from Swayman, for example, but Rask had those games where shots that had no business found a way. Ullmark is the more vulnerable 'tender, though, because I think teams know that he can be beat with lateral puck movement. The Bruins - and especially the forwards and even more particularly the Cs - need to be immaculate at taking those cross-ice passes away. It's a weakness that can be managed to some extent, which isn't true about a goalie being 5' 7". The Bruins just need to recognize they may need to protect him that way to get the best results - or that they're going to have to be willing to take their chances. Team D and decision-making has been particularly bad this year, and a lot of the goals against have come from the inability of forwards to get the puck out along the wall, dumb plays on dump outs that don't get deep enough and allow teams easy re-loads, and an idiotic number of dumb and soft plays at the offensive blueline that have led to high danger chances the other way. I think Ullmark will be fine for what he is, but with Rask now officially out of the picture, I suspect this is Swayman's team in the playoffs and next year with Ullmark potentially even on the block for years three and four of his deal for a cheaper backup. Not that he doesn't still have things he needs to work on, but they don't have a better option that to let him run with it and hope that rookie naivete works in their favour as it sometimes does with goalies. I think we've seen a young talented goalie (Roadhouse) come in with little pressure as a fill-in on a hot team and smoke the League last year. This year, I think we saw a young guy who had a summer to think about it, with the chance of a lifetime to earn an NHL job with the looming reality overhead of a HOF guy coming back and he was the easiest guy to push out. I think we saw some nerves and reality. I think with the dust settled, Rask gone and an NHL paycheck guaranteed, we'll see what Swayman really is. He has the drive of competition but the security of knowing he'll get his starts. I think he'll do well.
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