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Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty
Irving has not played well and has gotten more than enough opportunity in the past few years.
Not sure why people thought he played well on Saturday. He looked really shaky.
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Because he made saves he had no business making.
The only reason he ended up looking "shaky", is because the team played their worst game of the season in front of him, so he faced a near constant barrage of quality scoring chances.
He didn't stop all of them, no one is denying that. But he played damn well, and certainly mitigated the damage. Deflections, rebounds, Vancouver winning almost every offensive zone draw, Vancouver drawing all the penalty calls... it was just a bad night overall.
It was an embarrassing performance by the team in front of him, I hope they all apologized to him afterward.