 RDOilerfan
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| Goose wrote on Thu, 28 October 2021 10:44 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 28 October 2021 08:09 |
Koskinen is truly a mystery to me. The guy has been good the whole preseason, he was good in the 2 games he played in, then he puts up a stinker last night. He can't blame it on being overplayed and tired because he'd only started 2 games before that one and had 5 days between starts. Even got a few days off before he practiced. He likes to practice which he got some full practices in. They guys is just baffling at times.
I don't expect elite level goaltending from the guy but in my opinion, he's capable of at least league average goaltending which would have been more than enough last night.
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That was league average goaltending. Guys that have a .910 save percentage aren't just average every night. Going into last night's game Koskinen had a save percentage above .940. He was never going to maintain that long term, so either he was going to have a run of 6-8 games where he's slightly below average or he's going to let in 4 goals every few games.
Even after last night, he's still at .926 which is good for 15th in the league right now, and would be a career year for him if he were to maintain this pace for the rest of the season.
Mike Smith, who I believe you think had a really good season last year and ended with a .920 save percentage, let in 4 or more goals 7 times in 30 starts.
I really don't understand what you're expecting from Koskinen here. But if you think he should only ever let in 3 or less goals, then I think you're going to be disappointed.
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Maybe I should have clarified what I meant by giving league average goaltending. I consider a goalie gave his team league average goaltending on a night when he is posting at minimum .900 or better. Now, this is assuming the team wasn't a complete epic disaster defensively. So to qualify, if the goalie is standing on his head but ends up below .900 while his team decides not to play defense giving up odd man rushes and breakaways all game, then I get a goalie can only do so much.
I also do not consider a goalie giving league average goaltending in a game when they give up 2 stinker goals and maybe 3. The first goal, I have him partly at fault because he bit so hard on the one side, he couldn't slide across to the other. The second goal it was all him giving the puck up behind the net. The 4th goal is a goal that can't go in.
So I am not expecting Koskinen to challenge for a vesina but I expect an NHL goalie to not let in 2, maybe 3 garbage goals. That applies to him, Smith, Skinner or any goalie in the league. If Vaslievsky let in the 3 goals I mentioned, I'd say he had a crap night. I thought the Oilers overall did more than enough to win, I thought they have way more better scoring chances. They must have missed the net on 4 or 5 what should have been sure goals. They should be 6-0 if they got a couple of stops. That's literally all they needed was a couple of stops. So I don't think going into a Koskinen start expecting him not to let in at least the 2nd and 4th goal is unrealistic.
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