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Game 5 is just as much of a MUST win as game 3 was.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Friday April 20, 2018, 08:02:24 PM Eastern ---
It may just be that after several years of being The Man in net, Holtby was drained and due for a down cycle. Now that he got a break, he may be fresher and in a sense readier to carry the load in the playoffs than he has been the past couple of years. We'll see.
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The break was fine during the regular season but unacceptable for the playoffs. He is our franchise goaltender, ride him in the playoffs. Don't start your backup because he got on a hot streak against a lot of weak teams in the regular season. Made no sense to me at all. Then going back to him in game 2 was just fricken ridiculous.
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Friday April 20, 2018, 08:14:54 PM Eastern --- The break was fine during the regular season but unacceptable for the playoffs. He is our franchise goaltender, ride him in the playoffs. Don't start your backup because he got on a hot streak against a lot of weak teams in the regular season. Made no sense to me at all. Then going back to him in game 2 was just fricken ridiculous.
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--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Tuesday April 03, 2018, 09:12:37 AM Eastern ---No clue who will be or should be the starter. I am a big Holtby supporter and I do think he is the better of the 2 but I can't ignore the fact that Grubauer is in a hot streak.
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We were all just wanting the best for the team. At the time it was the best choice to start Grubauer. As you said, it was hard to ignore he was running hot. Holtby had been pretty rough, which didn't feel good to anyone.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: ArJunaZ on Friday April 20, 2018, 08:35:29 PM Eastern ---We were all just wanting the best for the team. At the time it was the best choice to start Grubauer. As you said, it was hard to ignore he was running hot. Holtby had been pretty rough, which didn't feel good to anyone.
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So what. I know he got on a hot streak. And I was concerned wit Holtbys play. I still wouldn't have started Grubauer in the playoffs. We had a poll on who we thought should start the playoffs. I voted for Holtby all the way. I think one other person voted the same as me. I assume it was DC.
Ajr if you read all of my posts about Grubauer since I have been here than you know I am not a supporter of him. I have commented numerous times that he isn't a good technical goalie. I've also commented that since he has been in the NHL he has played against a lot of weaker teams and his numbers are inflated because of it. I guess you would call him a sheltered goaltender.
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Friday April 20, 2018, 08:48:11 PM Eastern --- So what. I know he got on a hot streak. And I was concerned wit Holtbys play. I still wouldn't have started Grubauer in the playoffs. We had a poll on who we thought should start the playoffs. I voted for Holtby all the way. I think one other person voted the same as me. I assume it was DC.
Ajr if you read all of my posts about Grubauer since I have been here than you know I am not a supporter of him. I have commented numerous times that he isn't a good technical goalie. I've also commented that since he has been in the NHL he has played against a lot of weaker teams and his numbers are inflated because of it. I guess you would call him a sheltered goaltender.
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I was just pointing out your quote.
"No clue who will be or should be the starter. I am a big Holtby supporter and I do think he is the better of the 2 but I can't ignore the fact that Grubauer is in a hot streak."
So you can't really claim to have been 100% against it all the way.
It doesn't even matter . . . except to you for some reason.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: ArJunaZ on Friday April 20, 2018, 09:05:28 PM Eastern ---I was just pointing out your quote.
"No clue who will be or should be the starter. I am a big Holtby supporter and I do think he is the better of the 2 but I can't ignore the fact that Grubauer is in a hot streak."
So you can't really claim to have been 100% against it all the way.
It doesn't even matter . . . except to you for some reason.
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I know exactly what I said. Those comments did not say anything about me hinting that Grubauer should start. I also said in another post that I would start Holtby but said it could be dead wrong. It was 100% my opinion that Holtby should start the playoffs. You may remember when everyone was jumping on the Grubauer bandwagon that I didn't. I said over and over that Holtby is our guy and Grubauer was a backup that filled in admirably.
Sure when Holtby couldn't stop a beachball I was defibnately concerned but I never thought once that Grubauer should be our starter.
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