Demko named as Vezina Finalist

[JeremyCuddles]

2 hours ago, LaBamba said:

This award was ruined by Connor Hellebuyck this year. Wins the vezy then takes a giant shit during the playoffs. 

Vezina finalists having a very weird first round. Bob went 4-1 in the first round, but has a sub .900 save percentage. Hellebuyck forgot how to play goalie and Demko got injured yet again.

[CanuckMan]

One thing is for sure, Canucks never had a lack of quality goal tending for a while now. 
 

Luongo, Schneider, Lack, Miller, Markstrom, Demko, Silovs? 
 

Maybe missing a few guys in there but overall always had a guy that gave you a chance to win every night. 

[Alflives]

Hellybuck will win but he was HellySUCK in the playoffs. 

[Coconuts]

12 hours ago, JeremyCuddles said:

Vezina finalists having a very weird first round. Bob went 4-1 in the first round, but has a sub .900 save percentage. Hellebuyck forgot how to play goalie and Demko got injured yet again.

 

It's less about that and more about Winnipeg giving up too much defensively and how the Avs were often scoring their goals. 

 

Avs scored 28, Hellebuyck couldn't see nearly a third of them. He gave up the most goals of any tender in the first round but he also faced the most shots against and it wasn't close, Hellebuyck faced 177 shots, the next highest tender was Vasilevskiy and he faced 156. Saros has faced 91 shots for comparison.

 

Hellebuyck bailed out Winnipeg all year, but Winnipeg could get away with him saving their bacon when they were playing a different team every night, the Avs clearly keyed in on the Jets weaknesses. Jets got run over by the Avs offensive game, they gave up a lot of high danger chances, I don't think it's as simple as pinning it on Hellebuyck.