I'm gonna go with Giguere. Going from Conn Smythe to a 1-8 record is a huge surprise.

I honestly expected the Senators to be better. They just are not producing.

I was never sold on Giguere, so I voted for Ottawa, I thought they would be better than the way they've been playing as of late.

As for Giguere, one year does not make a great goalie.

By the way, Kovalchuk leading the league in points isn't that huge of a surprise.

Thrashers are a bit of a pleasant surprise, I wish they would keep it up, but I don't think they can. They're all young, and will get tired come mid-season.

TJRocket Wrote:I was never sold on Giguere, so I voted for Ottawa, I thought they would be better than the way they've been playing as of late.

As for Giguere, one year does not make a great goalie.

One year? :eek: He's been putting up good, solid numbers since 1999. Over the last year he's posted a .918 SV% playing for Calgary and Anaheim. And a 2.31 GAA. That's pretty darn good considering who he was playing for. He just doesn't get as much coverage as goalies in other markets.

The only solid numbers that really matter are what you have under W - L - T. Unfortunately for our man Giggy he has had only one winning season since hes been in the NHL, and that was last year.

Like I said, one year does not make a great goalie.

TJRocket Wrote:The only solid numbers that really matter are what you have under W - L - T. Unfortunately for our man Giggy he has had only one winning season since hes been in the NHL, and that was last year.

Like I said, one year does not make a great goalie.

So then Marc-Andre Fleury must suck because he's 3-4-2 despite the fact that he plays for the Penguins and has a .927 SV% and faces nearly 34 shots per game. :rolleyes:

If you compare his numbers from this year (SV% and GAA) and the past 4 years, you still see a drastic difference. In the past four years his numbers continually get better. His record (which is apparently the only thing you go by) even got better. This year is the first year they've had a major drop.

T-Monay820 Wrote:

TJRocket Wrote:The only solid numbers that really matter are what you have under W - L - T.  Unfortunately for our man Giggy he has had only one winning season since hes been in the NHL, and that was last year.

Like I said, one year does not make a great goalie.

So then Marc-Andre Fleury must suck because he's 3-4-2 despite the fact that he plays for the Penguins and has a .927 SV% and faces nearly 34 shots per game. :rolleyes:

I never mentioned MA Fleury, I never said Giguere sucked, I said he was not a great goalie. Go back and read what I said, note I did not edit any of my posts. Giguere has not done enough for me to consider him a great goalie, his team had one great run last year, he was largely responsible for that, but it was just one year. I am not surprised that Giguere has had a bit of a dropoff in his numbers, I was never sold on him to begin with which is why I did not vote for his choice.

T-Monay820 Wrote:He just doesn't get as much coverage as goalies in other markets.

Funny you mention that because I don't recall seeing very many goalies or hockey players for that matter making appearences on Jay Leno.

Just a guess, I think T_Monay is referring to Anaheim being on the west coast and many people don't stay up late watching him.

TJRocket Wrote:Funny you mention that because I don't recall seeing very many goalies or hockey players for that matter making appearences on Jay Leno.

But don't forget when he went on. June 10th. In the middle of the Stanley Cup. Everyone knew who he was by then. But how many even before the start of the post-season knew who started in net for the Ducks? Very few. More people probably knew who started in goal for the Canes than for the Ducks. Anaheim may be in California, but the television market there is very small for hockey.

you dont have to be on jay leno for people to know about you