He was spectacular, it was just briefly and not with Seattle. His 20-21 season with the Avs he went 30-9, 1.95 GAA, .922 SV%, 7 SOs. Those were pretty spectacular numbers and why he was a Vezina finalist and why the Kraken signed him.
I never watched him before he was with the Kraken so that’s very possible.
He was also very good in that 1st round playoff victory against the Avs in 2023, if not quite up to his 2020-21 numbers.
Since then, no, not so much.
Yeah, I was going to point to that, too, but decided to just focus on the spectacular season.
He also was pretty spectacular for the Capitals in 2018 after the All-Star break, taking over when Brayden Holtby started to nosedive. He was something like 11-4, GAA under 2, SV% .93-something. It was kind of surprising that there was even a debate if he would start the playoffs with numbers like those. But then, 2 games in, he played himself right out of being the starter, Holtby returned to solidify his Holtbeast nickname, and the Caps would win the Cup.
So, yeah, briefly spectacular in his final season in Washington, one spectacular season in Colorado, and a very good playoff series in Seattle.
Tonight will be interesting. The Avs and Hurricanes both will be wearing retro jerseys for this game.
Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers, right?
Hockey? Is there such a game? How is it played?
Just kidding. I know hockey well. But I imagine most Canadian sports fans will be following the Blue Jays for the next week. If no Canadians are interested in hockey at this time, well, I’d suggest that it’s understandable.
Rookie Matthew Schaefer’s point streak ended last night on a night that the Isles got 7 goals. You’d think he would have had at least a secondary assist on one of them, but nothing. If he had gotten a point, he would have had the record for longest point streak at the start of a defenseman’s career (on a Thursday, during a half-moon, etc.).
Avco Cup finals? Whalers and the Nordiques each have one. This is the rubber match!!!
The Jets won a bunch of Avco Cups. Or, rather the Utah Mammoth won a bunch of Avco Cups, I think. I don’t know where the team history ended up…
The Mammoth are officially an expansion team with a clean slate beginning in 2024, so the Coyotes didn’t technically relocate, meaning Utah did not take Coyotes, Jets 1.0 (WHA), or Jets 2.0 (NHL 79-96) with them.
So I’m pretty sure the Winnipeg Jets WHA stuff is still part of the Coyotes and the Coyotes are “inactive” for now at least.