Of course San Jose Sharks defenseman Kent Huskins isn't an offensive threat - only in some twisted universe where up is down and good is bad would that be possible. But there's still little way not to be amazed at this glove save by Saint Louis Blues goalie Jaroslav Halak from Thursday night. He flashes the leather to the point of blinding everyone at Scottrade Center with his brilliance.
Hockey fans have seen this before, in last year's playoffs, when he robbed both the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins superstars time and again as the Montreal Canadiens rode Halak's wave of superheroism all the way to their first third-round berth since 1993. When the Habs traded him away this past off-season, those that defended the move (mainly those that actually made the move, in the team's front office) said that it was only a matter of time before Carey Price became better than him. Well, it is early in the season, but Halak now has a 7-1-1 record, a .940 save percentage, and a 1.53 goals-against average (with three shutouts). Those are Vezina Trophy-type numbers. Just how much better are they expecting Price to be??? Oh, right... Jesus Price and all that. That admittedly would be better, if only for the water-into-wine trick so Montrealers can drink themselves to sleep if Halak continues his reign of dominance this season.
No comments:
Post a Comment