Former Calgary Hitmen Martin Jones having a great start in his NHL career.

[DOOM]

Originally Posted by Samiz

He's still going. Whether he's the product of a strong defensive system or not, it's still pretty damn impressive.

Now he is 6-0-0, with a 0.82 GAA and 3 shutouts

I think he is a very solid young goalie and has long term NHL potential, but I think his numbers are somewhat of a product of the Kings system.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Beware of small sample sizes.

Three shutouts in 6 games is a pretty good start.

[tvp2003]

Originally Posted by Dion

Three shutouts in 6 games is a pretty good start.

I honestly see a 400+ wins goalie in him. And 200+ shutouts.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by DOOM

I think he is a very solid young goalie and has long term NHL potential, but I think his numbers are somewhat of a product of the Kings system.

Last night, certainly. I didn't catch the third, but the Oilers never threatened to score at all in the first two periods. Quite a bit different than his first two shutouts where he had to make a few obnoxious saves to keep his team in it.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by 1_Flames_Fan

What was he like when he was in Calgary? Anyone know him. Seemed to be pretty calm and cool from what I've seen of his play so far. I think with how good LA's defense and system is any goalie would be stronger there. Not taking anything away from Jones's great start though, good on him.

He was very good with the Hitmen. Took them to the WHL Finals two years in a row, and the Memorial Cup in 2010. He was the WHL Playoff MVP in 2010 and on the Memorial Cup All-Star team.

He holds a bunch of Hitmen franchise records, such as most games played, most wins, most shutouts, and most playoff wins. Of course, the other names on the Hitmen goalie records list include Justin Pogge (7 NHL games), Alexander Fomitchev (0 NHL games), Dan Spence (0 NHL games), and Brent Krahn (1 NHL game), so the Hitmen haven't exactly been an elite goaltending factory. Barry Brust has played the most NHL games of any former Hitmen goalie (11), but he was only a Hitman for half a season.

In fact, Jones already has twice as many NHL wins as every other Hitmen alumni goalie in history, combined (Brust had 2 NHL wins, and Pogge had 1).

[The Ditch]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Really good start for Jones, played especially well in the game last night. Little bit of the Darryl Sutter effect though. Posted this in the OOT thread last night.

More like the Bill Ranford effect in LA, he seems to be a very good goalie coach.

[HPLovecraft]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

hopefully Jones will have a better NHL career than Justin Pogge did.

Haha, Justin Pogge. I remember that guy.

[Trailer Fire]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

Haha, Justin Pogge. I remember that guy.

I had to google him to look up where he is now. I remember how high Toronto was on him. Haha suckers.

[Resolute 14]

I was flabbergasted when Toronto traded Rask and kept Pogge. Loved Pogge as a Hitman, but it was already obvious late in his WHL career that shooters had begun to figure him out. Professional shooters ate him alive

[Mister Yamoto]

What is the record for the best start by a rookie goalie? I think I remember Patrick Lalime starting 9-0.

[Resolute 14]

It's Lalime. He started 14-0-2 in 1996-97

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

I was flabbergasted when Toronto traded Rask and kept Pogge. Loved Pogge as a Hitman, but it was already obvious late in his WHL career that shooters had begun to figure him out. Professional shooters ate him alive

Yeah. I remember that too. I was like WTF? They chose Pogge over Rask???

[3rd line Grinder]

Originally Posted by Dion

Or Brent Krahn

and yet i am still tempted to buy that...

[Resolute 14]

The shootout asterisk notwithstanding, Jones just tied an NHL record by winning his eighth straight game to start his career. He's also 12-12 in the shootout now.

[taco.vidal]

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/pla...=202550&spln=1

...he will be gunning for Bob Froese's mark of eight set with the Flyers in the 1982-83 season

Originally Posted by Mister Yamoto

What is the record for the best start by a rookie goalie? I think I remember Patrick Lalime starting 9-0.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

Haha, Justin Pogge. I remember that guy.

I used to argue with Leaf fans that Irving would be better than Pogge.

Years later and i'm still not sure who won that argument.