canucks.brad Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 please dont call schneider a #1 goalie until he has a season under his belt. for all we know he could buckle under the pressure cooker that is the vancouver market, stress over playing 60 games a season, and cramp up like he did versus chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowelPower12 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Gawd stop you're balling. Not every goalie cracks under pressure. This is a unique set of circumstances that are completely different than Luongo's. Making such a statment is foolhardy, ignorant, and baseless. Try waiting until the event actually happens before crying about it. Has Schneider had a chance yet or shown any evidence whatsoever of cracking under the pressure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowelPower12 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Luongo - 15 wins, 10 losses with several of them being blowouts. 2.52 GAA, .914 Sv%. A three year pattern of losing embarrassingly. Schneider - 1 win, 2 losses by 1 goal low scores. 1.31 GAA, .960 Sv%. Has great potential and was fantastic under pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmpunk Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 ;' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbiy74 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 I pray we can see that kesler again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merci Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Its kind of sad that Vancouverites think that its completely normal for a goalie to melt down in the playoffs year after year after year. That it is somehow unavoidable for our goaltending to take a nosedive in spring while every other team's goalie steps it up. That its ok for the opposition to score 7 goals on us every other game. Its like people have become resigned to it. This is what Luongo has reduced us to. Schneider's post-season performance last season was the most dominant, consistant goaltending the Canucks have had for the past 5 years. Amidst all the highlight reel saves we didnt see a single 7-goal-game. No meltdowns. Not even a questionable goal against. And it wasnt a fluke. I sure as heck wasn't surprised to see him play like that. He has never given us a single reason to doubt him and yet people still cling to Luongo against all common sense and logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbiy74 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 True, but we still lost. Goaltending was not the issue in the finals and was not the issue against the Kings. It just took Schneider putting up a 1.31 GAA for most people to realize that, when your goalie is averaging a little over 1 goal against a game and you still lose something is seriously wrong. Our offense has scored 16 goals in the past 12 playoff games, that's pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursel23 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Luongo sucks early in every season. Luongo taking over early, That won't happen. Maybe mid-late season if Schneider cracks. I see these guys splitting time until Luongo is moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursel23 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Luongo always takes a while to get his game going. Look for Schneider to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursel23 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 It will be sad for me when Luongo goes, but at the same time I'm interested to see what we get in return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 True, but we still lost. Goaltending was not the issue in the finals and was not the issue against the Kings. It just took Schneider putting up a 1.31 GAA for most people to realize that, when your goalie is averaging a little over 1 goal against a game and you still lose something is seriously wrong. Our offense has scored 16 goals in the past 12 playoff games, that's pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 how is it ignorant? they are saying a goalie who is still basically unproven is the #1 reason a team is going to win the cup. that is an unrealistic expectation for a goalie who has never played more than 33 games in a year, he could be the next Raycroft for all we know. How about try waiting until he actually plays a full season before calling him god. that is equally ignorant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowelPower12 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Goaltending was a big issue in the Final. Thomas was great every game and Luongo was great in 3 games, terrible in the rest. And the Final was not the only issue, lest we forget the 3 series against Chicago. This is not a flukey one time deal, it is a pattern. Some could say that our playoff goaltending in recent years has been just as pathetic as our playoff offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowelPower12 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 This is what I see happening, Lu will still be here as a backup so they can see how Schneider will handle being the starter. If he handles it Lu will be traded no question, if he doesn't Lu will be the starter again and Schneider will go back to being the backup but will most likely be the one who ends up traded since he's already stated he doesn't want to be a backup anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 Goaltending was a big issue in the Final. Thomas was great every game and Luongo was great in 3 games, terrible in the rest. And the Final was not the only issue, lest we forget the 3 series against Chicago. This is not a flukey one time deal, it is a pattern. Some could say that our playoff goaltending in recent years has been just as pathetic as our playoff offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Tim Thomas was great in every game, Luongo was great in 3 games, our offense was terrible in 6 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_ws Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 The Canucks cannot be considered true cup contenders until they find a way to score in the playoffs. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 The Canucks cannot be considered true cup contenders until they find a way to score in the playoffs. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winacup Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 to win a cup on the west coast you need a team that can dominate in the playoffs (case in point LA and Anaheim) we have never had and still don't have a team that even comes close to doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowelPower12 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 They've only had real trouble scoring in their last two series, playing against very high caliber goaltenders. If our goaltending was able to match our opposition's the last two series, we might have won one or even both of them, and then we might not be discussing how the Canucks cant score. We might be discussing our Stanley Cup win and our run of 2012 winning low scoring games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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