Expert warning for Halák: Vancouver is not Boston – SlovakNHL.sk

Nicholas Emanuelli of the renowned magazine The Hockey News compiled an overview of the top five substitute goalkeepers of the NHL. It is gratifying that he did not miss it again Jaroslav Halák.

An overseas expert also included Chris Driedger of Seattle, Jake Allen of Montreal, Paul French of Colorado, and Jeremy Swayman of Boston.

He reminded Halák that he was coming to Vancouver to do the same task that Braden Holtby had failed to do last season. The Canucks eventually had to buy it out of the contract and subsequently donated three million dollars in a one-year contract to the Slovak goalkeeper.

He has been playing Tuukku Raska in Boston for the last three seasons and has been doing very well most of the time. This arouses optimism that he could perfectly complement the young Thatcher Demek in tandem, who will want to definitely establish himself in the NHL as a goalie unit.

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“Even in the 2018/19 season, Halák achieved a 92.2% success rate of interventions with five clean accounts in 37 starts for the Bruins. Although such a burden is probably beyond its ideal at an advanced age, but Halák is a good bet that Vancouver will provide a more reliable partner from which Demko would benefit. ” Emanuelli noted.

“Despite the Canucks having a terrible year, the Pacific Division will be wide open to surprise some of the teams and fight in the playoffs. The ability to rely on its substitute will be a necessary condition for Vancouver to take it. “

However, the expert also has a few words as a warning: “It will be difficult to find two environments that are in greater contrast when it comes to the game, such as Boston and Vancouver. The Bruins have been playing defensively for some time, while none of the NHL teams had worse statistics on the expected goals scored last season than Vancouver (118.4) in a five-on-five game. Halák could have to emulate the form from Montreal in the 2010 playoffs in order to keep his nice numbers this season as well. “

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