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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Binnington pretty much made the saves he needed to including several clutch saves in big moments.
But the overall stats tell the story. Hellebuyck stole the tourney.
He had a GSAA of 5.92. I think 32 thoughts podcast said that his GSAA in the final game was 4.5. Which is nuts.
In comparison Binnington had a GSAA of 0.48.
He was good enough for the team to win, but he wasn't spectacular. I don't think he deserves to be blamed.
https://hockeystats.com/olympics/goalie-stats |
That's the thing. He was average - which is typically good enough but not every year. But if they get good/great or elite goaltending, they win the tournament.
Canadians are weird are goaltending. A big portion of the forwards and defense taken played pretty average too and they're taking heat. But Canadians in general seem fine with merely getting average goaltending when they don't accept that on the rest of the team.
Binnington was fine. Except fine shouldn't be good enough for Team Canada.