Oh for sure, any other year I'd agree, and there is a part of me that wants Sway next game. I just wonder if Monty told them Sway gets 1, Ully 2 and go from there
Round 1, Game 1 -- Toronto @ Boston
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Yup. Carlo was playing like 2019 against Columbus shutting down Panarin and Lindholm was playing like McAvoy was out last year.
That first goal was such a pro play by Boqvist to sort of hold and find that pass when it would have been the easiest thing in the world to go for the short side wrister. Just great. I was too pumped up in the moment to really notice how good it was.
If they rode the hot hand, Ullmark would have started Game 1.
It ain’t broke, so they shouldn’t try to fix it. If your plan is to get to the playoffs and suddenly do something completely different than you’ve done all season (and much of the past two seasons), which largely backfired last year as Ullmark wore down physically and mentally, I think that the burden of persuasion is on you to have a really, really good reason.
This is exactly right and what will indeed happen, game 1 lovefest for Sway’s great play aside. No one was even sure he would start yesterday.
They should alternate.
They've alternated for two years now, and the only time they didn't was a monumental disaster, where they ended up not being able to think straight because of "this is how things are done" stupidity.
Maybe one of the reasons the goalies play so well is precisely because they don't have the entire burden on their shoulders, and so they can just play their 'one' game, usually coming off their buddy getting the team a win and always with the sense that if they play like shit their buddy will pick them up again in that next game?
And so maybe part of the reason Swayman was able to have such a great game was because he wasn't starting a two month journey carrying all of the Bruins' hopes and dreams. He was just playing a game.
Once the Bruins decided to stick to the rotation, I sure hope they also moved into the mode of blocking out the outside noise. I mean, it is happening right now, where Swaywan getting a win both confirms and refutes the value of the goalie rotation depending on who you ask.
And because it is just about the easiest, laziest way to talk about what is going on with a hockey team, it is going to be a conversation the entire time in the playoffs, even if the Bruins are winning.
And the Bruins were winning that game either way last night. I know 'NaturalStatTrick' loved the Leafs' game, but that does not pass the eye test to my mind. The Bruins looked like garbage for the first three minutes or so (where the Leafs must have been piling up the data for the advanced metrics it seems) but then it was a Boston night. I think it would have been the same had it been Ullmark's turn.
They've alternated for two years now, and the only time they didn't was a monumental disaster, where they ended up not being able to think straight because of "this is how things are done" stupidity.
Maybe one of the reasons the goalies play so well is precisely because they don't have the entire burden on their shoulders, and so they can just play their 'one' game, usually coming off their buddy getting the team a win and always with the sense that if they play like shit their buddy will pick them up again in that next game?
And so maybe part of the reason Swayman was able to have such a great game was because he wasn't starting a two month journey carrying all of the Bruins' hopes and dreams. He was just playing a game.
Once the Bruins decided to stick to the rotation, I sure hope they also moved into the mode of blocking out the outside noise. I mean, it is happening right now, where Swaywan getting a win both confirms and refutes the value of the goalie rotation depending on who you ask.
And because it is just about the easiest, laziest way to talk about what is going on with a hockey team, it is going to be a conversation the entire time in the playoffs, even if the Bruins are winning.
And the Bruins were winning that game either way last night. I know 'NaturalStatTrick' loved the Leafs' game, but that does not pass the eye test to my mind. The Bruins looked like garbage for the first three minutes or so (where the Leafs must have been piling up the data for the advanced metrics it seems) but then it was a Boston night. I think it would have been the same had it been Ullmark's turn.
I thought that the Bs easily could have been up 4-0 in the first period or down 3-1. The reason why it didn't turn out to be the latter was Swayman -- he made some huge stops, which if he doesn't make likely would have changed the outcome of the game.
Hot hand in one game? I agree with continuing to rotate. It's real easy to get caught up in the game 1 performance and expect that every game all the way to The Cup( I am and had to take a step back to reflect on the decision).
Although, I think if Linus has a poor performance, Monty switches to Sway full time.
Unless of course Sway has a poor performance.
Yes Sway had a damn good game, but let's not forget other than a complete chokejob by Matthews saving his bacon. He also went on a super weird adventure to no man's land after a puck. It could have had a huge effect on the outcome of that game. Who knows what that does to the mentality of the team?
Does either goalie have a significant home / road split? If so, does something like that have predictive value? I think they should and will alternate, just wondering if they purposefully started Sway in game 1 due to games 5 and 7 being at home and game 6 being on the road.
They lost last year because they stubbornly stuck with a guy who was playing poorly (due to injury, most likely, but whatever). I think that they should ride a guy until he has a bad game, but I guess I'm in the minority (or alone in that opinion).
The deeper you go into the playoffs, the more advantage you would have by alternating goalies-- every single game you play, your goalie will be more rested and fresher than the other team's goalie.
Hard to say how much of advantage that might be, but it's not nothing.
Hard to say how much of advantage that might be, but it's not nothing.
It was painfully obvious that Sway should have started game 5 after finishing game 4.
It feels like something where one team is doing something outside the norm and all of the hockey community, that’s obsessed with routines and superstition and what’s always been done, are reacting against that. Bs should keep doing what works.
And last year Lindholm and Carlo were severely impacted by injuries in the postseason. Fully healthy versions of themselves on defense is a huge difference.
Also, the Cup-winning goalie hug will mean much more if they have alternated games along the way. Hell, they can alternate periods in the clinching game.
Swayman had 3 regular season wins vs the Leafs. That's the "hot hand" in game 1. Ully in game 2, start the rotation.