Canes vs Sens 7pm

[Panthers Fan 69]

43 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Spencer ("fugging trash") Martin gets the shutout.

The quotes come from PF69.

Martin played elite.  Very good game. My kid went with me and chanted Martin Martin     Very fun game. 

[DavidEng]

Didn’t dawn on me that this was the first Canes shutout of the season. And it was by Martin who would have thought. Nice!

[DavidEng]

Martin - “get outta here with that weak azz puck shot” lol

https://x.com/fdsn_hurricanes/status/1857978592774467971?s=46

[kungfoodude]

Well we can't dip deeper into the Wolves at G. I saw the Russian kid, Ruslan Khazheyev, play there tonight(went to the game with a buddy). Man....he is a massive SOB and stiff as a board.

[Anybodyhome]

8 hours ago, DavidEng said:

Martin - “get outta here with that weak azz puck shot” lol

https://x.com/fdsn_hurricanes/status/1857978592774467971?s=46

That was the highlight of the night. As I watched, it was almost in slo-mo, like them squaring off, sizing each other up, the theme from "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" playing....

 

[Anybodyhome]

Martin is the polar opposite of Kochetkov in net. There's a calmness, a smoothness to Martin's play that almost makes Kochetkov look frantic. Martin, even when hit or going down to the ice seems in control, his heads always forward, where the puck is. Seems like he always has his glove and stick in good position.

[organicrusty1201]

37 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Martin is the polar opposite of Kochetkov in net. There's a calmness, a smoothness to Martin's play that almost makes Kochetkov look frantic. Martin, even when hit or going down to the ice seems in control, his heads always forward, where the puck is. Seems like he always has his glove and stick in good position.

 I think with more playing time he will continue to improve and settle into his comfort zone, with Freddie out long term or maybe for the season, I could see him fitting into the rotation nicely.

Edited 5 hours ago by organicrusty1201
correction

[kungfoodude]

3 minutes ago, organicrusty1201 said:

 I think he needs more playing time to get into his comfort zone, with Freddie out long term or maybe for the season, I could see him fitting into the rotation nicely.

I mean, he isn’t exactly a young buck. He has been on and off in the NHL since 2016-2017. Also toting a career GAA of 3.49 and a SV% of .887.

We generally make goalies look better with our system than they actually are. Relying on Martin long term is going to be a tough proposition.

[Anybodyhome]

47 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I mean, he isn’t exactly a young buck. He has been on and off in the NHL since 2016-2017. Also toting a career GAA of 3.49 and a SV% of .887.

We generally make goalies look better with our system than they actually are. Relying on Martin long term is going to be a tough proposition.

To be fair, his stats are not good on the bad teams he played on. His stats are actually good with the good teams.

Look at his season splits and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Edited 5 hours ago by Anybodyhome

[MillionDollarCam]

The Canes keep winning and scoring four plus goals a game without one their 65+ point forwards.

Meanwhile Martinook is on pace for 58 points, Ghost is on pace for 62 points, and Jackson Blake is on pace for 25 goals. 

[DavidEng]

13 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

The Canes keep winning and scoring four plus goals a game without one their 65+ point forwards.

Meanwhile Martinook is on pace for 58 points, Ghost is on pace for 62 points, and Jackson Blake is on pace for 25 goals. 

And Roslovic is playing the season of his career with 9 goals tied with Necas. Necas has finally reached his potential with a team leading 26 points already.

 

[kungfoodude]

3 hours ago, Anybodyhome said:

To be fair, his stats are not good on the bad teams he played on. His stats are actually good with the good teams.

Look at his season splits and you'll see what I'm talking about.

He has only really ever played well here, TBH. To that point, that is his first career shutout in 54 career starts.

I think we can win some games with him but he is also likely to be the sole reason we lose some games.