I’ve been hesitant to say this because Devils fans are touchy about criticizing the shiny new thing, but I think Sunny is flat out wrong about goaltending.
Sorokin, Vejmelka, and Ullmark. There’s a reason we struggle to score against these guys. I’m tired of looking to see who is in net against us, because I feel like I know how it’s going to go. Take tonight, I thought to myself “who is even on Ottawa? We should win” then I saw Ullmark and knew we were screwed!
We’re expecting an Allen/Daws tandem, and now Poirier, who wasn’t even in the plans until the last minute, to compete with that caliber of goaltending?
We’ve given up 18 goals in 5 games.
Sunny doesn’t want to invest in goaltending because it’s too “volatile” analytically, but to me this just looks like an afterthought approach to a position that clearly needs addressing. Just because a position is unpredictable doesn’t mean you can afford to neglect it. We can’t expect to outscore elite goaltending every night.
At the risk of all of your criticism, I don’t think our Goaltending is our only issue. I just think…”Just because the analytics (Sunny) say it isn’t important, doesn’t mean it isn’t”.
I’m tired of seeing who is in goal for the opposing team and knowing it’s going to be a struggle to win before the puck drops despite how bad the other team is “supposed” to be.