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Habs Season Thread: 2024-25 Regular Season

wiseguy1 said:
Only if we take Matthews out in the 1st game.
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They don’t have a tested playoff goalie with Jack

Bottom line until their guns finally put in a series where they all play to their potential , anything is possible

It’s a different game , they won’t have those generous 5/3 pp’s , or tutu 3/3 OT

They finally have the gritty support pieces but.............
 
do people have recent examples of goalies with good regular seasons that failed their first playoff test?
 
CH1 said:
do people have recent examples of goalies with good regular seasons that failed their first playoff test?
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Vasilevsky...in fact he’s been 50/50 during his playoff career - either sub .900 or .915-.925, never a .930+ like Price
 
Sal_Butera said:
Weber apparently has ligament damage in his hand requiring off season surgery per Tony Marinaro of TSN690
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it makes sense...because he was handling the puck like a hand grenade, resulting in many unfortunate turnovers
 
Price didn't fail his first playoff test, though. He was pretty good in the first round against Bawstun and he saved our asses in the first period of game 7, going on to get a shutout. He crashed & burned against Philly the next series, though.
 
GrandWazoo said:
Carey Price. Or is that too far old?

What about Frederick Andersen?
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Freddie was bad in Anaheim....Price had some rough spots.

But seasoned veterans also wet the bed. My point is that I'm not going to assume the Habs have an edge in goal just because Price was great last year in the playoffs. I don't think performance transfers that well year to year...in Price's case, it doesn't seem to translate month to month.

Just hoping for the best...
 
CH1 said:
Freddie was bad in Anaheim....Price had some rough spots.

But seasoned veterans also wet the bed. My point is that I'm not going to assume the Habs have an edge in goal just because Price was great last year in the playoffs. I don't think performance transfers that well year to year...in Price's case, it doesn't seem to translate month to month.

Just hoping for the best...
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Not just last playoffs.

Last 25GP in playoffs .933 sv % (.936 over last 16GP).

Until playoff performance on ice proves otherwise, he’s still tops in NHL amongst goalies w 15GP+
 
GGpX said:
Price didn't fail his first playoff test, though. He was pretty good in the first round against Bawstun and he saved our asses in the first period of game 7, going on to get a shutout. He crashed & burned against Philly the next series, though.
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Yeah i was mostly referring to the series against Philly. He ended up those playoffs with a .901% and a -4 GSAA. 5 good starts in 11 games.
 
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