R2 - Series Thread - Jets (C2) vs Preds (C1) (Jets in 7!)

[habernac]

Full marks to the Jets, but I still think Rinne is done in Nashville.

[Machiavelli]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Josi, Ellis, and Turris specifically were huge disappointments. It's one thing for them to not be able to step up their play in the playoffs but they played a few notches below their play in the regular season which is inexcusable.

I'm wondering how much this team was affected by injury. Ellis' skating was relatively poor

[Royle9]

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[ricardodw]

Nashville totally dominated the CORSI Stats

They were a lot better Corsi wise than Game 6 where they were dominated by the Jets and somehow got away with their 4-0 win.

Good CORSI closely correlates to bad results when playing good teams that can play shut down hockey.

[Otto-matic]

Originally Posted by Coach

I would have put Rinne back in after the first. Confidence in your backup is nice but this game 7 to go to the semis those first two were stinkers but I think a redemption seeking Rinne is better than a cold nervous Saros.

Would have liked to see the Preds win it all.

Same issue the Flames had in Game 4 last year. Goalie has been letting in softies all series long, Rinnie had a extremely short leash due to it being a elimination game. He game up two stinkers of a goal.

Team loses all confidence after those goals and you need a sparkplug.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

Same issue the Flames had in Game 4 last year. Goalie has been letting in softies all series long, Rinnie had a extremely short leash due to it being a elimination game. He game up two stinkers of a goal.

Team loses all confidence after those goals and you need a sparkplug.

I’ve only been able to watched the condensed versions of the games, I didn’t really notice a lot of softies from Rinne, but maybe I wasn’t watching closely enough. I do remember some big saves that probably would have been goals on most other tenders.

The pull and replace at the break is not common, but it’s not exactly unheard of. I certainly don’t think it’s bizarre. Especially when you have one of the most consistent #1s of the past decade or so. I don’t see it as any different than giving any other player a few shiftable off to recalculate after a bad start.