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Originally Posted by guuar
1st and 4th best teams in regular season?
And.......
29th and 30th best teams in playoffs...
Yes any excuse to play Fleury is in their interest. He wins you a Stanley Cup Championship and you are in a position to acquire a massive amount of prospects and picks.
Holtby is a good goalie. No doubt. Again, he chokes every year in the playoffs. I don't care if you get 82 shutouts in the regular season. If you can't stop a beach ball in the playoffs you are not a good goalie nor are you worth a huge contract.
Grubauer showed what he is capable of or in this case NOT.
Regular season he almost always played against weaker teams and shocking almost half of his starts were played on the front half of double headers against teams that were not playoff teams.
This is not the kind of goalie you drool over when you want your team to compete for a Stanley Cup.
You want that goalie that will go balls deep and turns you into a championship caliber team.
The only goalie that fits that criteria is Murray.
Holtby is an absolute joke. Vezina quality goalie that can't even get to the SCF. Holtby isn't anything special until he proves he can win more than a president's trophy.
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Are you kidding? Have you even watched Holtby in the playoffs? Or are you just thinking what you're saying is correct because Washington hasn't made it out of the second round? The problem has been their offense, not Holtby. He has been almost lights out, but barely received any goal support in the past. Here are his previous playoffs stats so you can become more informed before you start stating an opinion that is absolutely incorrect.
11-12: 14 Games Played, 30 Goals Against, 1.95 GAA, .935 Save Percentage
12-13: 7 Games Played, 16 Goals Against, 2.22 GAA, .922 Save Percentage
14-15: 13 Games Played, 23 Goals Against, 1.71 GAA, .944 Save Percentage
15-16: 12 Games Played, 21 Goals Against, 1.72 GAA, .942 Save Percentage
Those are incredible numbers. Please tell me where Holtby has "choked"? Please tell me where he is an "absolutely joke"? Please tell me where he isn't "anything special"? Do you expect him to have a playoff stat line of 16 Games Played, 16-0, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 Save Percentage, 16 Shut Outs?