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you say you consider him as an average goalie yet you talk about him like they made the playoffs last year despite having him in net for a majority of games.
I’m not saying Monty is among the most elite goalies of the league, but I find you definitely have a bias against him, it is what it is
He just lets in a lot of bad goals, gives up lots of leads, and is really inconsistent (game to game and throughout the season).
When he is on, he delivers. 100%
But for most of last year, he was not that great.
Last year he has a hot December and April, somewhat OK/Average Feb and March (not good numbers, but won more than lost), and terrible Oct / Nov / Jan.
You just never know what you are gonna get when he starts a game.
Now is all this 100% on him? No, of course not.
Bottom line, if you had to win a game, is he the goalie you want?
Unlikely.
that was kind of my point, the numbers are inflated (or deflated, depending on how you look at it) with a game like last night since the opposing team was more aggressive and scored goals with fewer shots than on the night before.
but at this point I don’t think it’s worth even talking about it, you clearly aren’t a fan of Monty and never will be, and that’s fine.
Last 3 games.
EDM Loss 29 shots / 23 saves / 6 goals against / .793 save % – Gave up 2 goal lead (Trice)
NYR Loss 22 shots / 18 saves / 4 goals against / .818 save % – Gave up 2 goal lead
SEA Win 22 shots / 18 saves / 4 goals against / .818 save % – gave up the lead 3 timesNot just last night.
Look at what Wolfe did against the Habs – Habs clearly a superior team, that guy kept them in it all night.
Monty does not have to win every game, he just has to give his team a chance to win every time…. his number suggest he is not even close to doing that this year.
As I have said, he is a middle-of-the-pack goalie, not someone who will win it when it counts.
Refs gave the Oilers that game on a silver platter but Montreal needed to at least find a way to get a point there imho.
Refs are not something they can control, and something that pretty much evens out thought-out the season.
Seems like a weak excuse to me, but the refs did not give up a 2 goal lead twice last night.
End of the day, the numbers speak for themselves.
5 games, 2 wins, 3.82GAA, 0.842 Save %.
sure but objectively speaking the contrast in performances between Dobes and Monty was accentuated by the fact Dobes faced a Calgary team that is struggling to score goals, while Monty faced a much more offensively aggressive Oilers team, and it was the second night of a back-to-back for the team in front of him.
Dobes deserves the start on Saturday but both goalies aren’t necessarily worlds apart like you think they are.
I guess if you want to be a #1 goalie, you got to win those types of games.
If he was losing, but his numbers were much better, this would be a very different conversation.
While I agree (as written in the blog) that Dobes needs to be the guy until proven otherwise at this point, I can’t think of one bad goal Montembeault allowed against the Oilers.
Won’t blame him for the tips, but goals 5 and 6 looked weak.
He is not good positionally at times and playing too far back in his net, like he is too worried to let a goal in / trying to play it safe.
I did not watch past the 1st period, but from the highlights, he did not look confident at all.
End of the day, the numbers speak for themselves.
5 games, 2 wins, 3.82GAA, 0.842 Save %.
Who is the #1 goalie again?
What an absolute disaster.
Fall behind 3-1, come back to make it 5-3, then get blasted out of the water 6-5.
Dobes better get the next start.
Good blog Hugo.
Also, good notice towards Newhook. Really like how he has worked with Kapanen and Demidov, while also increasing his responsibility in other areas.
This might be the player I had hoped he would be when the Habs made the trade.
i loved playing but i didn’t really stop to understand the mechanics of everything until later in life. i just threw myself around. like, i got angles and coming out further from my net to take space away and all that but there are so many things i learned years later and though to myself “man, i really could have applied that knowledge back then.”
Likely could be a Sharks starter about now.
Someone wants to win the draft lottery.
Also, good dark and grey rainy Thursday morning.
i really wasn’t very good. i tried hard though!
alexa told me we have a frost warning tomorrow! right now it’s sort of overcast in places but sunny enough to blind you driving to work.
When I played early hockey – like 5-6 – we had a rotating goalie thing going. Everyone got a chance to play at least once.
Let in 1 goal, mostly because I was falling flat on the ice and no one could lift the puck very well.
Never played goalie again.
also, i am the #1 goalie.
Someone wants to win the draft lottery.
Also, good dark and grey rainy Thursday morning.
