Hockey Quote - Jaroslav Halak
From now through the rest of the playoffs, I'm going to devote each of my "Hockey Quote of the Week" to players who've won the Stanley Cup in the past or are in the Stanley Cup playoffs now.
For the better part of this year's Stanley Cup playoffs, Montreal Canadiens' goaltender Jaroslav Halak has let his play do the talking for him.
Coming into the Eastern Conference finals against the Philadelphia Flyers, the young rookie netminder has posted numbers that are kind of hard to argue against: 14 games started, 2.
63GAA,.
927Sv% But after Sunday night's opening 6-0 debacle against the Flyers, Halak - along with the rest of the Canadiens for that matter - had some explaining to do.
The good news, though, is that Halak is just as calm and composed in front of the media as he is in net.
Ask any hockey player and they'll tell you this is what they want - a guy in between the pipes who doesn't get frazzled and doesn't get shaken up after one loss.
When asked to reflect upon the game, here's what Halak had to say (and our Hockey Chump hockey quote of the week): "We faced this in the first and second series-get big guys in front of me.
It's the playoffs.
They want to win the game as much as we do.
We have to do a better job boxing guys out and we'll be OK.
I need to do a better job of (seeing the puck) too.
" So it sounds like the Canadiens are going in with a gameplan and that's to make sure Halak can see the puck (makes sense, I suppose).
The interesting thing, however, is that Halak references the other series in his quote, and makes light mention that this series is no different than the previous two.
Personally, I beg to differ.
The Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins are both teams built around speed and finesse.
The Flyers have speed, too, but what they lack for in finesse (especially with the loss of Jeff Carter) they've made up for in relentless, punishing play.
They're a different animal than the Caps and Penguins, and they're not going to shy away from the front of the net as easily as the other two teams.
This should be an interesting series and if only for the fans, I hope the Canadiens win.
But Mr.
Halak, you've got yourself a long battle in front of you, one that I foresee involving a whole lot of Carcillo, Hartnell, and Asham arses in your face.
Get ready to get dirty.
For the better part of this year's Stanley Cup playoffs, Montreal Canadiens' goaltender Jaroslav Halak has let his play do the talking for him.
Coming into the Eastern Conference finals against the Philadelphia Flyers, the young rookie netminder has posted numbers that are kind of hard to argue against: 14 games started, 2.
63GAA,.
927Sv% But after Sunday night's opening 6-0 debacle against the Flyers, Halak - along with the rest of the Canadiens for that matter - had some explaining to do.
The good news, though, is that Halak is just as calm and composed in front of the media as he is in net.
Ask any hockey player and they'll tell you this is what they want - a guy in between the pipes who doesn't get frazzled and doesn't get shaken up after one loss.
When asked to reflect upon the game, here's what Halak had to say (and our Hockey Chump hockey quote of the week): "We faced this in the first and second series-get big guys in front of me.
It's the playoffs.
They want to win the game as much as we do.
We have to do a better job boxing guys out and we'll be OK.
I need to do a better job of (seeing the puck) too.
" So it sounds like the Canadiens are going in with a gameplan and that's to make sure Halak can see the puck (makes sense, I suppose).
The interesting thing, however, is that Halak references the other series in his quote, and makes light mention that this series is no different than the previous two.
Personally, I beg to differ.
The Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins are both teams built around speed and finesse.
The Flyers have speed, too, but what they lack for in finesse (especially with the loss of Jeff Carter) they've made up for in relentless, punishing play.
They're a different animal than the Caps and Penguins, and they're not going to shy away from the front of the net as easily as the other two teams.
This should be an interesting series and if only for the fans, I hope the Canadiens win.
But Mr.
Halak, you've got yourself a long battle in front of you, one that I foresee involving a whole lot of Carcillo, Hartnell, and Asham arses in your face.
Get ready to get dirty.
