The Avs open their season against the Stars on October 3 at home - a game I plan to be at! I'm excited about this year, I know that last year everyone said we were mediocre. to a point I agree, but I feel that it was a decent year with some decent playing.
I would say that the main reason we didn't do as well as we could was the management and their damned goalie choices. Theodore played in over half of the season, despite extremely poor goal tending. I know Theodore is supposed to be this amazing goalie that we're wasting millions on, but let's look at the stats shall we?
Theodore started 33 games, Budaj started 31. However, Budaj played a total of 3199 minutes to Theodores 1748. This means that Theodore started more games but played almost half the time on the ice. Not really that surprising, since he was pulled almost every game I watched. Yet our "all-wise" coaching staff still feels that he's worth the multi-million dollar deal he has.
To drive the nail further:
- Budaj has a save percentage of .905, compared to Theodore's - .891
- Budaj averages 2.68 goals against, Theodore? 3.26
3 comments:
I'm sorry... why are you optimistic again? They didn't cut their loses and get rid of Three-or-more over the summer, so what makes you think he won't be our starting goalie enough to ruin this season too?
Yes, I know I'm a pessimist... but I think I have good reason in this case.
I agree, but I'd like to think that Budaj will get a tad more ice time.
And if not I suppose I can hope for more pathetic showings from Jose to drive the point home further that he Sooooks
Hey, let's not get too down on them yet.
They could be the ROCKIES after all. :P
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