[Morreale]_With regard to the goalie situation right now, it appeared Vanecek’s confidence was shot during his postgame talk w/ the media. Schmid struggled in Games 1-2 in Carolina. Ruff could opt to go Blackwood in a must-win in Raleigh.
With regard to the goalie situation right now, it appeared Vanecek's confidence was shot during his postgame talk w/ the media. Schmid struggled in Gms 1-2 in Carolina. Ruff could opt to go Blackwood in a must-win in Raleigh.
— Mike Morreale (@mikemorrealeNHL) May 10, 2023
by Devil_Dane
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Lol. WTF? I genuinely feel bad for Vitek. I could tell his confidence was shot before Game 6. Should’ve rode it out with Schmid. He might’ve gotten blown up, but at least he could attribute it to being a rookie. They might’ve just destroyed Vitek’s confidence for a long time.
Blackwood is the equivalent of a hail mary.
lol
I think this playoff has told us that we’ve already turned the page on blackwood. Schmid.
If anybody caught VV’s presser post game… Gawd damn.
Akira is our guy
Hey, maybe Blackwood could get a hot streak for 3 games before suddenly forgetting how to goalie for a cold streak after that
Just gotta roll the dice and hope we get the right Blackwood, right?
This may be the darkest timeline, but fuck it. We’re the Devils, lots of madness in our history. One thing we can all guarantee is that Mack will give everything he has. His whole career is hanging in the balance.
Of course his confidence is shot. The whole team looks shell shocked. I hope to god they never go online, people have been brutal
Honestly worth a shot in my opinion
When you have a chance to start a goalie who hasn’t played in a month in a game to save your season you absolutely have to take it.
Ride it out with Akira
You go with Schmid and hope for the best. Nothing in Blackwood’s game suggest he’s going to be the savior. Not much we can do here. Team has to certainly play better in front.
I say Akira. Maybe it’s an apples or oranges comparison but this Akira had a game 7 shutout victory. He also helped the team get back into the 1st round series. I do agree neither goalie is getting much help in front of them now.
Well guys, it was a fun season. See you next year.
Starting Blackwood would be a really bad look. Guy hasn’t played all playoffs. Part of the reason Vitek had to take on so much work in the regular season is because Blackwood stunk. Blackwood will be out of the organization after the playoffs. At least Schmid earned two shutouts these playoffs. There is just no reason to dress Blackwood and I really hope they don’t do it.
This is quite possibly the worst case scenario. VV looked awful despite putting up a W. The fact it was even 8 to 4 after scoring so many goals is not exactly a winning formula nor confidence inspiring.
I completely understand that just looking at the stats Akira wasn’t necessarily any better at the time, but most of the chances against Akira were A+ quality chances thanks to very shitty giveaways. VV somehow managed to make a simple SOG to his chest look like it’s going to end up in the back of the net. Akira still made some huge saves despite all the odds stacked against him, you cannot say the same for VV.
If we start Blackwood I think I’m finally tossing in the towel.
I think you go Schmid on a short leash, I guess with MB29 as the backup. But throwing him in cold after not playing for a month is a huge ask for a guy who’s been pushed down the depth chart.
I don’t think anyone in Toronto was thinking Matt murray should start game 4.
Anything but Schmid has been straight up negligence from the staff
IMO Schmid earned the shot and gives me the most confidence. Vitek is shot and Blackwood sucks
i would give blackwood the start in game 5. if he gives up 2 goals in the first period or down by 2 goals at any point in the game I’m switching to akira. short leash, but blackwood might stand on his head and give the devils a 38 save shutout or 1 goal performance.
Stick with Schmid. Why is this so difficult.
If your good enough to play in the nhl confidence should never be an issue. If it becomes a issue in the nhl, then you should not play in the nhl. best hockey players in the world don’t loose confidence even if they lose bad. Marty never lost confidence from a bad performance. just made adjustments studied the opponent of the ice and got a shutout the next game. But then again there is only 1 Brouder 1 Roy and 1 Hasak. 99% of all goalies will burn out and cannot handle the extra pressure.
Bad take. Blackwood is not good enough now. Schmid is the best shot. We likely lose the series but still, you ice the team with the best chance to win and that is with Schmid in net.
Capitals lit up MB29 and Schmid bailed him out last game of the season. Start Schmid imo but at this point if MB29 is in net I’d fuck with it.
It has to be Akira. I’d rather see Nico Daws than Blackwood
If this season ends with Blackwood in net, I’ll puke.
No chance Blackwood plays. Go Akira. The guy we should have went with last night.
Gotta go Akira here
Hot take – doesn’t matter who is in net right now
That’s crazy talk.
Schmeedo’s still got it. Ride the hot hand. Mac’s too cold to put in the fire.
Schmid.
Whelp smoke em if you got em boys. It’s about to get unreal