quick comeback

Does tonight's game give Quick the start next week, and more importantly, the confidence to retake his identity as a the number 1 goaltender?

This game won't change anything as far as the goaltending scenario is concerned. None of the goals were Bernier's fault and Quick only faced 8 shots and gave up the most stoppable of the goals.

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Originally Posted by NastiMarvasti

This game won't change anything as far as the goaltending scenario is concerned. None of the goals were Bernier's fault and Quick only faced 8 shots and gave up the most stoppable of the goals.

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I agree that this game doesn't really change much, and that the 3 goals given up by Bernier really can't be blamed on him. However I think it's disingenuous to label Quick's goal as the most stoppable of goals. Slava and Berglund formed a solid wall of man meat to block Quick's vision while Nolan was just a half-second too slow in keeping up with Stewart as he recreated his Game 3 backhander from 10 months ago. Stewart has that move down and it's nasty.

But yeah, I wouldn't call this game a "comeback" for Quick. He wasn't tested at all, and I think our requirements for a "comeback" are a wee bit higher than "he didn't s#!t the bed by giving up a goal that he shouldn't have." I'd count the 1st period of the Vancouver game as a comeback since he made some quality saves, but of course we all know what happened after that...

Just as any NHL caliber goalie can be totally stellar, any NHL goalie can also suck on any given night. Better team defense makes goalies better and that is really all there is to it.

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Originally Posted by NastiMarvasti

and gave up the most stoppable of the goals.

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Nope!

While none of the goals were Bernier's "fault", I was saying to my Dad at the game that I thought that Quick would have had a better chance of stopping all three due to his low-to-the-ice style and quick reflexes.

Then, ironically, the goal that Quick gave up (BECAUSE he was covering those low areas) is one that Bernier probably rarely gives up. Funny how that works. But all's well that ends well.

Even Hasek and Roy had the occasional bad game

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Originally Posted by YodaButter

I agree that this game doesn't really change much, and that the 3 goals given up by Bernier really can't be blamed on him. However I think it's disingenuous to label Quick's goal as the most stoppable of goals. Slava and Berglund formed a solid wall of man meat to block Quick's vision while Nolan was just a half-second too slow in keeping up with Stewart as he recreated his Game 3 backhander from 10 months ago. Stewart has that move down and it's nasty.

But yeah, I wouldn't call this game a "comeback" for Quick. He wasn't tested at all, and I think our requirements for a "comeback" are a wee bit higher than "he didn't s#!t the bed by giving up a goal that he shouldn't have." I'd count the 1st period of the Vancouver game as a comeback since he made some quality saves, but of course we all know what happened after that...

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I agree, Quick never saw it because of the screen, you can see when they played it back, he never flinched.

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Originally Posted by NastiMarvasti

This game won't change anything as far as the goaltending scenario is concerned. None of the goals were Bernier's fault and Quick only faced 8 shots and gave up the most stoppable of the goals.

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I'm curious, how many goals against vancouver did you think were Quick's "fault" compared to the goals Bernier allowed last night?

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Originally Posted by Dizzle

his identity as a the number 1 goaltender?

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I don't think this was ever even questioned by anyone in the Kings org. He is and will be the Kings #1 for the foreseeable future.

IMO, Quick is still getting into form after his back surgery, and Sutter was playing him too much last year anyway.