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Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan
You're right, he hasn't been good lately, but I think it's fair to look at his body of work overall as there are always peaks and valleys with goaltending performances. He can still stone a team on any given night, especially with that defense in front of him.
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Sure, but the recent stuff also provides useful information, especially given that a guy's performance in a backup role (usually getting soft starts and soft minutes) isn't equivalent to performance as a starter night in, night out. He's been very beatable recently.
The team just isn't the same without Lundqvist behind it - they have to score their way out of trouble more.
Here, this is a chart showing the goals against rate for every team in 25 game rolling bundles over the past 2 weeks:
NYR is heading steadily upwards.