^^^^ Berger ( i can take or leave) he raises some valid points. I think it is 50/50 Freddie will be resigned ( and I am not so sure about Rielly)
I don't think it is fair to blame Freddie for playoff losses of the Leafs . In every series they were not the favourite. The team simply was not as good as their opponents, then there were the Kadri suspensions .
Freddie is .916 as a playoff Leaf. Vasilevskiy by comparison is .918 as a playoff goalie. Tampa has been a much better team IMO.
last year they were the favourite in the playoff qualifier Freddie was .936 with a shutout. Leafs scoring dried up and they were shutout twice in 5 games and only averaged 2 goals a game compared to the 3.5 or so/game they averaged in the reg season. Hard to point the finger at Freddie.
No sv% isnt everything and he has a tendency to give up a questionable goal after being brilliant. He may not have stolen any playoff series, but hard to say with any degree of veracity he was the reason they lost.
Leafs have a great opportunity this year with the North division. There is no reason to not expect them to win a round and they will be the heavy favourites to win the first 2 rounds. That might do it for a Freddie re-signing.
I don't think it is fair to blame Freddie for playoff losses of the Leafs . In every series they were not the favourite. The team simply was not as good as their opponents, then there were the Kadri suspensions .
Freddie is .916 as a playoff Leaf. Vasilevskiy by comparison is .918 as a playoff goalie. Tampa has been a much better team IMO.
last year they were the favourite in the playoff qualifier Freddie was .936 with a shutout. Leafs scoring dried up and they were shutout twice in 5 games and only averaged 2 goals a game compared to the 3.5 or so/game they averaged in the reg season. Hard to point the finger at Freddie.
No sv% isnt everything and he has a tendency to give up a questionable goal after being brilliant. He may not have stolen any playoff series, but hard to say with any degree of veracity he was the reason they lost.
Leafs have a great opportunity this year with the North division. There is no reason to not expect them to win a round and they will be the heavy favourites to win the first 2 rounds. That might do it for a Freddie re-signing.
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