Hawks/Oilers

[LordKOTL]

Aug 11, 2020 17:02:31 GMT -6 creature said:

Aug 11, 2020 16:18:26 GMT -6 LordKOTL said:

Kind of...they look at the smothering D that year, equate it to 2010 when the D carried Neimi and carried Huet's carcass, and figured that they did the same for Crawford especially since Crawford was not that good in 2012.  In reality, Crawford was lights-out, and so was the D.  The result?  We ran roughshod over everyone.  IMHO no goalie walks into a .925+ SV% on the year if they're merely average irrespective of the D in front of them.  That's effectively stopping 37 of every 40 shots.  Whether that's done in a single game or over the course of 2, those numbers eventually add up and all anomalies average out.

But what happens is that narratives stick and people tend to see the narrative rather than the on-ice play--for good or for bad.  IMHO Crawford never completely got out of the shadows of his 2012 campaign and that has been the narrative.  Couple that with the narrative Toews/Hossa/Keith/Seabrook/Hjammer being defensive juggernauts and it's hard for many people to shift the narrative from those 5 being so good they can carry anyone to Crawford needing to carry them (which he did--in 2016 and in 2018 less Hossa and Hjammer).  

At least that's how I see it, but I'm not on the HHoF voting committee.

Oh Hell the D looked good and tight because everyone forgets the roles the 3rd and 4th lines played. Puck possession played a huge role in every SC win. I've seen too many times over them years when they had a 2-3 goal lead and the forwards forgot to come back and help out on D. It was now about highlights for them and a shooting range on the goalies.

And I'm sorry still am a big fan of Huet. He had 30 wins and that meant a lot to me. He was thrown under the bus and left for dead. Do I have regrets? No we won a Cup with Niemi. Would we have won another if Q left Darling in? Don't know and never will same applies to Huet.

1) When I mean D I mean team D. That includes the FWDs.

2) Huet did get the wins...but his numbers were not good.