Bishop is notorious for letting in soft goals, but he's a Vezina finalist. People don't care. It's not the quality of the goal let in, it's how the goalie reacts and how many goals they let in per game.
Elliott is in the same mold. If the one softie stopped going in, and it was a "tough" looking goal instead, what difference does it make? It's not like the team seems to care. Elliott has let in a soft goal multiple times during this win-streak and they just keep rolling.
"Soft goals" is a false narrative. Multiple top tier goalies in the NHL let in soft goals regularly, the difference between them and the bottom tier is how they perform outside of that goal.
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