Knew Varly would be the man to go up against the better team. ; )
Pretty sure this was tongue in cheek, but I think it has to do with letting Giguere keep a solid rhythm. Not too many days off, not too many close to each other.
Keep him rested enough and sharp enough for the stretch run and possible playoff run.
Plus it will be good for the team if they win two in a row, rather than win one, lose one.
Varlamov will get the start against Blues on Saturday but that's as close to a scheduled loss as you will have in a year. Play Friday at home and travel to St Louis to play a rested Blues team. Perhaps he'll go into ninja mode.
I do agree with giving Giguere the start in the must win game though. I just hope it's not a massacre on Saturday. It might not be good for Varlamovs confidence.
Please compile stats from game 1 through now, I need a breakdown of every single shot and missed shot based on which goalie it was against. I also need blocked shot totals for Avalanche players.
The breakdown needs to be the total feet away from the net the shot was shot from.
I'll do some analysis and present to you my findings after that. I'd venture to guess you'll have more goals scored in close on Giggy, more shots in close on Varly, more goals scored far away on Varly, more shots far away on Giggy.
Please compile stats from game 1 through now, I need a breakdown of every single shot and missed shot based on which goalie it was against. I also need blocked shot totals for Avalanche players.
The breakdown needs to be the total feet away from the net the shot was shot from.
I'll do some analysis and present to you my findings after that. I'd venture to guess you'll have more goals scored in close on Giggy, more shots in close on Varly, more goals scored far away on Varly, more shots far away on Giggy.
How about you quantify what you claim to be Varlamov's superior athleticism, which is serving him so well.
Varly's save percentage has slowly creeped up to .909%, GAA down to 2.69. Playing really, really well.
Those numbers still look really bad but I'm loving his .946 SV% since the beginning of February. Playing at a very high level when we need him the most.
Varlamov is earning more starts with the way he is playing.
It's nice to have two goalies playing well so Sacco doesn't have to go back to the same guy over and over again if it doesn't work, hoping that he'll start playing well.
Instead of asking where he is, just be glad that he's not posting here anymore and hope that it stays that way. When he posts after Varly lets in 4+ goals, people will be complaining about his trolling again.
So uh... is it bad that when I was lurking I'd been hoping for a mod to find a picture of the Harry Potter kids and put "Avada Kedavra" on it and post it to him/her/it/Voldemort and then ban?
So uh... is it bad that when I was lurking I'd been hoping for a mod to find a picture of the Harry Potter kids and put "Avada Kedavra" on it and post it to him/her/it/Voldemort and then ban?
*blush* I've been calling recs.... er, he-who-shall-not-be-named, Voldemort for awhile now just because of how absolutely bonkers he/she/it is... and you guys crack me up so much that I daydreamed a mod would randomly do that.
*blush* I've been calling recs.... er, he-who-shall-not-be-named, Voldemort for awhile now just because of how absolutely bonkers he/she/it is... and you guys crack me up so much that I daydreamed a mod would randomly do that.
