sweep the leg

this, too....man what a boost in Nash this year... A healthy Rinne is the biggest part of that boost.

It would be nice to get the Ducks. I don't think they're as good as the Blues, and if we won that series we'd get the winner of Vancouver-Calgary rather than Hawks-Preds.

Wonder if this means Connor gets the start against the Flames? Or is he being called up as insurance over the playoffs? Probably means Pavelec isn't going to dress for the game and they need a backup for Hutch.

I agree with him. I don't think their D is anywhere near the calibre of the Blues and they don't have the same depth at forward. I don't fully understand how they have so many points. Maybe Boudreau is just that good of a coach?

Fleury, Luongo, Bobrovsky, Quick just to name a few. Not saying he's that calibre of goalie but there definitely is good goalies in that range. All true. The problem is Pavelec isn't in that range for his career. He has a career SV% of .908, which is pretty bad. This is his first season in the NHL above .915.

There's a 0% chance, barring injury, that Stuart isn't dressed for that game.Assuming everyone is healthy, I think Chiarot or Pardy is the only real question. I'd start Chiarot, but Maurice really likes Pardy on the pk.

Very reactionary decision making. Scoring is down for one season and full blown panic set in.

It would be nice to win tomorrow and end it there. Let Pavelec sit the final game of the season.

Common sense says a good goalie will have confidence. A shitty goalie on a good team could easily played scared trying not to screw it up for the team. Example: Patrick Lalime & the Senators. I'm not an advanced stats guy, nor am I discounting quality of shots. I just think that SV% is the best stat available to determine the quality of play for a goalie.

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Buffalo is the worst team in the league. Their current starter has a .923 SV%. Neuvirth had a .918 SV% with the Sabres before he was traded. They both have better SV%'s than the Ducks starter.

Watched a game here last week - Rockets vs. Tri-Cities - playoff game. Comrie stood on his head but Tri-Cities still lost. He looked really sharp. Not bad for a rich kid. I read that he made 66 saves and still lost. That's crazy.

gbill is right about comparing small sample sizes. Historically, those other goalies have been better than Pavelec. It's easy to laugh now b/c the stats are close, but that's with the power of hindsight. Was it really a reach to think, prior to the season, that Halak would have been an upgrade on Pavelec?

Why only now?

http://www.examiner.com/article/meet-the-roy-hobbs-of-football

WTF are you talking about?

I wasn't impressed with either of the 1st two goals, but I thought Pavelec settled down after that.

Goalie's are easy to dislike, so I totally understand the urge to blame them for everything.

They were there when it happened, so they probably already know why...

Four games for Buff. Thank God we can finally play Harrison instead...

NFLdraftscout had him projected as a 2nd round pick.

My $.02: Pavelec must have been expecting him to shoot b/c he was giving a lot of space on his glove hand side. He probably thought Kreider didn't have the time or space to make a move like he did. When he did cut back Pavelec was screwed. As a side note, it seems to be Kreider's thing to "accidentally" follow his shot into the net. Him running Price is the biggest reason the Rangers made it to the Finals last season.