tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148461224473220694.post5698312740636294472..comments2024-03-27T06:03:35.695-04:00Comments on Brodeur is a Fraud: How 2 Months Make You a HeroThe Contrarian Goaltenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433370306939690205noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148461224473220694.post-85254558748181549822009-07-04T03:11:01.424-04:002009-07-04T03:11:01.424-04:00Steve Mason is the most overrated joke of a "...Steve Mason is the most overrated joke of a "phenom" I have ever seen.<br /><br />A hundred bucks says he doesn't break .900 next season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148461224473220694.post-50017367520500875262009-06-23T22:10:24.009-04:002009-06-23T22:10:24.009-04:00By the way, some people are now pegging Osgood for...By the way, some people are now pegging Osgood for a spot on Team Canada's 2010 Olympic roster.<br /><br />::facepalm::<br /><br />Over Cam Ward? Chris Mason? Steve Mason?<br /><br />Because Brodeur and Luongo look to be locks.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707368545927522510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148461224473220694.post-66613181972599150302009-06-23T14:08:07.918-04:002009-06-23T14:08:07.918-04:00Some good points here, CG. The bit about variance ...Some good points here, CG. The bit about variance is well taken, although the cliche I would apply is that Danis got hot. Every goalie in the NHL is capable of stealing a game and a whole lot of them of stealing a playoff series <b>if they're on their game</b>. But I'll take the consistent guy over the erratic guy 10 times out of 10.<br /><br />Which is a microcosm of the peak value vs. career value discussion. There are times when one hot performance is what you need, and if it's Game 82 in 2007 who knows, maybe you're as apt to receive it from Wade Dubliewicz as anybody. So often the small sample sizes really do ride on a larger portion of luck. (I wasn't so much disagreeing as agreeing with your point when I threw out that Crash Davis quote which mirrored your own, cuz Crash's case will come crashing down over mulitple seasons. Over time, you hit .300 by being a .300 hitter.) <br /><br />I do expect that 2008-09 Osgood might be a special case. I can see him having a severe case of Stanley Cup hangover, his redemption ten long years after his previous Cup win as a starter. He also had a new three-year contract and what appeared to be enduring stability on a great team. That team was so great that it continued to win despite Osgood's poor performance on the wrong side of the 3.00 and .900 thresholds, as his 26-9-8, .698 record attests. He was in a funk and there was no urgency to pull out of it.<br /><br />Ultimately the team took the extraordinary step of giving him a mid-season vacation to (IIRC) "clear his head". That alone screams of exceptional circumstances. As much as Osgood may have "dialled it up" in the playoffs he "dialled it down" during the season even more; so to compare his regular to post-season results in this season alone and declare him a "clutch performer" is as ridiculous as it is superficially true. There were mitigating circumstances which should raise flags to treat Osgood's 2008-09 as the outlier it actually was.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190620732067746768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148461224473220694.post-71215866608916387112009-06-23T10:07:54.353-04:002009-06-23T10:07:54.353-04:00The other issue with "clutchness" and &q...The other issue with "clutchness" and "really bearing down and focusing" in the playoffs is I'd be pretty pissed about the rest of year. Was he just slacking off when we needed him in the regular season?? B/c if thats the case we could've used that focus in trying to get 1st in the west just in case we had to play San Jose in the Conference Final.Topher0820https://www.blogger.com/profile/04248864107532023162noreply@blogger.com