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Originally Posted by troutman
Fine. Explain why these same goalies were ok last year.
We've seen plenty of goalies put up bad numbers in Edmonton, and perform much better on other teams.
I do think there is blame to go on the goalies. 20/80. For one person to be responsible for 20% of that equation is significant.
If Price were our goalie, how many more points would we have? A few I think, but we would still be struggling.
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Because they're goalies? You've never noticed that goalies don't always put up the same performance from year to year? Craig Anderson alternates between Vezina level and AHL level from year to year. Bobrovsky nearly played himself out of the league with Philly before winning the Vezina with Columbus. Now, he can't stop a beachball again this year. Even Kipper had a bad year. Hasek had a bad year. In the history of the NHL I bet you can't find more than a handful of goalies who never had a bad year. Roy and Brodeur are the only ones I can think of in my 32+ years of watching the NHL closely.
Goalies. They are not predictable creatures. And this year, ours stink.