Modifié 27 nov. 2022 à 5 h 16
Quoting: Kjell_Forsman
It's a small sample size. His numbers look good because of the team in front of him. Not a problem if Reimer isn't your need but come playoff time i do not see Georgiev backstopping colorado to another cup. He simply isn't that good.
Georgiev was a promising young goalie in NYR and did well in his first few years, so he has the tools to be a good goalie. He fell off and was known to need a change of scenery for like 2 years and he's finally gotten it, so it's no surprise that it's working out so far.
After the 2018-19 season, Georgiev looked he was going to be the guy to replace Lundqvist. However, Lundqvist didn't head out until after the 2019-20 season, which is the same season that Shesterkin showed up on the scene, he only played a few games but looked very promising. So there were no guarantee that the starter job would be Georgiev's in the 2020-21 season, he may have fumbled his opportunity or maybe Shesterkin was just better either way,
he went from looking like he had the chance to be the starter to being stuck behind a younger goalie So, his name was out there in the rumor mill, and Shesterkin only got better the next year winning the Vezina and he only did worse. Must be hard for a goalie, being stuck behind one goalie because he is royalty in the organization and then being outplayed by a younger goalie after the first is gone.
I'm probably oversimplifying what happened based off the stats and what I vaguely remember but here are the numbers:
2018-19:
Lundqvist 52GP 18-23-10 .907
Georgiev 33GP (30GS) 14-13-4 .914
2019-20:
Lundqvist 30GP (26GS) 10-12-3 .905 (I think he just played less than Georgiev due to injury)
Georgiev 34GP (32GS) 17-14-2 .910
Shesterkin 12GP 10-2-0 .932
Play-in
Lundqvist 2GP 0-2-0 .901
Shesterkin 1GP 0-1-0 .900
Lundqvist gets bought out
2020-21 (Shesterkin takes and secures the starting job)
Shesterkin 35GP(31GS) 16-14-3 .916
Georgiev 19GP (18GS) 8-7-2 .905
Kinkaid played 9 games but not really relevant
2021-22 (Shesterkin was the obvious front runner with above .940 save% and ridiculous saves above expected; he goes on to win the Vezina as we all know)
Georgiev 33GP(28GS) 15-10-2 .898
Through out that season it probably sunk in for Georgiev that he won't even ever be a 1B, let alone a starter, in NY, if he was unsure about it from before.
2022-23 (after finally getting moved since being in the rumor mill since 2019)
Georgiev 9-2-1 .929
Of course, it helps playing behind a good defense and strong team overall, but so does regaining confidence. There's no reason to dismiss him as not being good or to think that Reimer is an upgrade over him. Will he backstop them to another Stanley Cup? Maybe, maybe not, but it doesn't mean it will be his fault either if he doesn't.